Moscow City Court Rejects Khodorkovsky Appeal, Cuts Sentence
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The Moscow City Court rejected an appeal by Mikhail Khodorkovsky to overturn his conviction in a case that added six years to the eight years he received in 2005, while reducing the sentence by one year.
The jailed former billionaire head of Yukos Oil Co. will spend a total of 13 years in prison, including the eight years he is serving on previous charges, Judge Vladimir Usov said today. Khodorkovsky will now remain in prison until after 2016. The defense team will appeal the ruling to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, spokesman Maxim Dbar said.