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Watching The World: Khodorkovsky on ice

06/06/2011
Eric WatkinsOil Diplomacy EditorThe international oil and gas industry will certainly want to know that the Russian government must pay Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former chief executive officer of OAO Yukos, €24,543 for violating his human rights.“Mr. Khodorkovsky had been kept in inhuman and degrading conditions between Aug. 8 and Oct. 9, 2005,” said the European Court of Human Rights. “In particular, he had had less than 4 sq m of personal space in his cell, and the sanitary conditions had been appalling.”However, the court dismissed claims that Khodorkovsky’s arrest on fraud charges was politically motivated, saying the accusations required “inco...
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