Khodorkovsky: The End of Game Is Coming»

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, ex-chief of Russian oil major YUKOS, persuaded a Moscow court to combine his trial with the trial of his partner Platon Lebedev.
Moscow's Meshchansky District Court agreed to combine the trials after prosecutors has backed Khodorkovsky's petition. The trial will be heard by three judges starting June 16.
This Khodorkovsky?s sudden success is anticipated to quicken the resolution of YUKOS case.
Russia's benchmark RTS stock index has dropped 25 percent in two months as YUKOS said a $3.4 billion claim it is being ordered to pay may bankrupt the company and the courts started hearing the cases against Lebedev and Khodorkovsky.