Prosecutors claim Khodorkovsky embezzled about $2 billion belonging to Yukos. He reportedly passed the money to bodies controlled by the fugitive Russian businessman Vladimir Gusinsky. ?There is no corpus delicti in these activities. We have proven it was a normal operation to place free funds temporarily. It was done in Yukos? interests, and the company received profit from this operation,? the lawyer said. He added that Khodorkovsky was not linked to the operation because he did not work in Yukos at that time.
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Khodorkovsky Is Crimeless
The crimes, Khodorkovsky was charged with, never took place
Genrikh Padva, lawyer of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, said his client was blemeless, and the crimes, Khodorkovsky was charged with, never took place.
?Khodorkovsky has not committed the crimes not only because he has not committed them. There have simply been no such crimes at all,? he said, RIA Novosti agency reported.
Prosecutors claim Khodorkovsky embezzled about $2 billion belonging to Yukos. He reportedly passed the money to bodies controlled by the fugitive Russian businessman Vladimir Gusinsky. ?There is no corpus delicti in these activities. We have proven it was a normal operation to place free funds temporarily. It was done in Yukos? interests, and the company received profit from this operation,? the lawyer said. He added that Khodorkovsky was not linked to the operation because he did not work in Yukos at that time.
Prosecutors claim Khodorkovsky embezzled about $2 billion belonging to Yukos. He reportedly passed the money to bodies controlled by the fugitive Russian businessman Vladimir Gusinsky. ?There is no corpus delicti in these activities. We have proven it was a normal operation to place free funds temporarily. It was done in Yukos? interests, and the company received profit from this operation,? the lawyer said. He added that Khodorkovsky was not linked to the operation because he did not work in Yukos at that time.
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