7 July 2003 Prosecutors charge three men close to the self-declared spokesman for market-oriented business in Russia, Yukos boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky.ULYANOVSK, Russia–For the first time since the early days of the Putin presidency, a leading Russian business tycoon has been arrested. The detention of Platon Lebedev, a billionaire, is just one of three cases–ranging from embezzlement to murder–brought on one […]

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