Khodorkovsky, partner's appeal rejected, but sentence shortened by 2 months — RT News

Khodorkovsky, partner's appeal rejected, but sentence shortened by 2 months — RT News:

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From left: Former head of Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Menatep head Platon Lebedev (RIA Novosti / Andrey Stenin)

Russia's Supreme Court has reduced the sentence to the former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his partner Platon Lebedev against their second conviction for money laundering and embezzlement.

The court has ruled the men would be released respectively in August and May 2014 - in both cases two months earlier than scheduled.

Khodorkovsky's defense team has insisted in their appeal that Russia's former richest man and Lebedev were convicted in 2010 on charges that were false and invalid. "

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