Topic: Mikhail Khodorkovsky

PwC under scrutiny over Yukos audits

Subscription page The reputation of PwC, one of the world's biggest audit firms, is set to come under scrutiny in a Moscow court as lawyers for ...
Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky claims Kremlin pressure forced Big 4 accounting firm PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) to adjust audits...

Claim and counterclaim

The paper trail central to understanding whether or not the Russian government leaned on PwC to withdraw 10 years of Yukos audits is long and...

Analysis: Russia’s chain retraction

Subscription page For Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, it is a last-ditch stand. Lawyers for the two men - once among Russia's richest...
Putin belittles Russia's opposition, says police will still break up unauthorized ralliesPrime Minister Vladimir Putin disparaged Russian dissidents in crude street language in an interview Monday and said they would keep getting beaten if they kept holdi
A court dropped criminal charges Thursday against an ailing former Yukos oil company executive, an apparent show of leniency in an epic legal saga seen as a symbol of Russia's flawed judiciary."The criminal case is to be closed" against Vasily ...

Russian minister says unaware of tycoon oil theft

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's industry minister testified in the trial of Mikhail Khordokovsky on Tuesday that buying oil cheaply from a subsidiary was not a crime, which the ex-tycoon's lawyers said would help with their defense.The criminal trial of Khord
Russian oligarch Khodorkovsky gets boost in embezzlement trial testimonyImprisoned tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky received a boost in his embezzlement trial on Monday when a former government minister told a Moscow court that the masssive theft the magnate i

Ex-Putin minister testifies in Khodorkovsky trial

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A former Russian minister testified on Monday in the trial of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, becoming the first top Kremlin ally to appear in the case which is seen as a test of promised judicial reforms.Kremlin critics dismiss

Russia summons minister in Khodorkovsky's trial

A Moscow court on Wednesday granted a request by the defence of jailed Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky to summon a cabinet minister as a trial witness, a rare victory for the fallen tycoon.The Khamovnichesky district court granted a request by ...