Another Yukos Exec Detained Abroad

The former executive of Russia's Yukos firm Alexei Golubovich has been detained in Italy.

he was responsible for strategic planning and corporate finance in the company. Earlier he had been placed on the international wanted list by the Prosecutor General?s Office.

Golubovich held the posts of head of planning at the Menatep Group and of deputy chairman of the board at Menatep Bank prior to 1996. In the years 1998 to 2000 he worked as head of strategic planning and corporate finance at the Yukos oil company.

He left Russia for Great Britain in 2003 fearing arrest at home.

Currently, Golubovich holds the post of the chairman of board of directors at JSC Russian Investors.

Russian prosecutors believe Golubovich played a key role in financial wrongdoing at Yukos and Menatep.

The Russian government asked the British Home Office to extradite Golubovich in 2003.