A Moscow appeals court has upheld the second conviction of oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky but reduced his prison sentence by one year. The decision means that Khodorkovsky will remain in prison until 2016, a total of 13 years. He was convicted in December of stealing oil from his own company and laundering the proceeds, a ruling that drew strong international condemnation. Before the decision was entered, Khodorkovsky, who has always insisted that the charges against him are absurd and politically motivated, told the court that rejecting the appeal would amount to a crime. "You have to either stop this shame or join the criminals that spit on the law," he said. The court remained unpersuaded.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/05/24/2231919/moscow-court-upholds-khodorkovsky.html
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1646824 (video)
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