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...Khodorkovsky, the former head of Yukos who was convicted of fraud and tax evasion, is back in court, along with his former business partner Platon Lebedev - also serving eight years on a tax evasion conviction - to face fresh charges of embezzling $25 billion. A conviction could add another 22 years to the current eight-year sentence of which he has served five and a half years. The tycoon was convicted in 2005 of fraud and tax evasion, but prosecutors have introduced the new charges, claiming they are based on evidence brought forward by erstwhile Yukos subsidiary companies...
...thousands of Yukos shareholders who saw their investments evaporate after Moscow expropriated and then nationalized the company, effectively handing the government of Vladimir Putin, then President and now Prime Minister, virtual monopolistic control of Russia's vital energy industry. It gives the once politically ambitious Khodorkovsky and his partner Platon Lebedev at least some good news in the face of the Russian government's continuing campaign against them. Later this month, the two men, who are already serving multiyear prison terms, will face fresh charges of embezzlement and grand theft...
...restful place: the McCain ranch. His behind-the-scenes pictures--including the one this week of McCain barbecuing tenderloin--add a dimension of intimacy to the McCain family story. This week's striking cover portrait--like the one last week of Barack Obama--is by the great English photographer Platon, who usually chats with his subjects about pop music. Platon says McCain was "funny and cheeky" and said he was an Abba fan. As always, our coverage was orchestrated by assistant managing editor Michael Duffy, whose vast experience--as White House correspondent, Washington bureau chief and presidential historian--enables...
...more than 50 years of reading TIME, this was the first cover that gave me chills. Photographer Platon captured perfectly the sinister essence of the man you described in your feature story. It was like looking into the dead eyes of a robot. Brrr! Doug Leja, Burlington, Canada...
...more than 50 years of reading TIME, this was the first cover that gave me chills. Photographer Platon captured perfectly the sinister essence of the man you described in your feature story. It was like looking into the dead eyes of a robot. Brrr!S Doug Leja, Burlington...