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Khodorkovsky can face new charges · 2006-12-27 16:18
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former head of oil company Yukos, has been transferred to a new detention facility in eastern Siberia, where he could face new money-laundering charges, his lawyer Yury Shmidt said.
Maxim Dbar, a spokesman for Khodorkovsky's legal team, said Khodorkovsky and his associate Platon Lebedev could be charged in the next few days with money-laundering offences in connection with two Yukos subsidiaries Fargoil and Ratibor, Mosnews informs.
Prosecutor General Yury Chaika said: “Investigations into the main [Yukos] case are continuing, some of its numerous episodes are already in court.” But Khodorkovsky's lawyer Yury Shmidt told RIA Novosti the Prosecutor General's Office had brought no new charges against Khodorkovsky so far.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev serve eight-year sentences in Siberia for fraud and tax evasion since 2005.
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