Russia Brings Murder Charges Against Khodorkovsky in Absentia
- Russia's former richest man plots Putin ouster in Swiss exile
- Khodorkovsky denies charges, says case solved 17 years ago
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Russia filed murder charges against the country’s one-time richest man, former jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who’s been campaigning for the ouster of President Vladimir Putin from Swiss exile since his release from prison two years ago.
The Investigative Committee announced the charges in absentia against Khodorkovsky over the 1998 murder of a mayor and two failed contract killings, according to a statement on Friday. The law-enforcement agency had summoned the former head of Yukos Oil Co. to appear in person in Moscow, which he ignored. Khodorkovsky has rejected the accusations.