Update 1: Former Yukos Chief Assails the Kremlin
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In his harshest criticism of the Kremlin to date, jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky accused the Russian government of stealing his Yukos oil empire and warned in a letter published Tuesday that an ongoing crackdown on post-Soviet freedoms will ruin the
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LONDON -- A former KGB agent turned Kremlin critic who was poisoned three weeks ago was moved into intensive care yesterday after his condition deteriorated, and his doctor said the toxin has attacked his bone marrow.
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Fears of a management bailout at the embattled oil giant Yukos loomed large Thursday after the company&#39;s chief financial officer said he had delayed his return to Moscow indefinitely after Russian prosecutors summoned him for questioning.
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The former Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, blames the US for the current state of relations between Russia and the West.
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Russia's justice ministry announced plans to break up the Yukos oil giant in a fatal blow to Russia's largest oil producer and former Western investor darling that once dared challenge President Vladimir Putin's rule.
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Mikhail Khodorkovsky comments came as Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s lowered Yukos&#39; credit rating to default after the company missed an interest payment.
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On Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the biggest shake-up of Russia&#39;s political system since its 1993 adoption of a post-Soviet constitution, drawing heaps of scorn from both the Russian and international press.
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The government has eviscerated Russia&#39;s Western-style oil company, Yukos, in what has been widely viewed as political payback.
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Over the years Russia&#39;s embattled oil company Yukos has morphed into a respected corporate citizen of the world and is seeking bankruptcy protection in the United States on the
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Yukos chief financial officer Bruce Mismore on Thursday testified that Russian authorities were threatening him with legal action and possible extradition
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The former boss of the  Alexander Litvinenko has branded the ex-spy a 'direct traitor' who committed treason against Russia.
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December 24, Yesterday was the first time RF President Vladimir Putin sharply criticized US actions and attitudes on Ukraine, Chechnya, YUKOS, and the issue of democracy within Russia.
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Ex-KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of his murder on Friday in a statement read out the morning after he died of an unknown poison in a London hospital.
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Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Wednesday accused the Kremlin of seeking to keep him behind bars after prosecutors filed new charges against him in what he termed a "shameful farce."
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President Vladimir Putin of Russia has denied that politics was driving a legal crackdown on the Yukos oil giant and its founder, Mr Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a day after the firm&#39;s biggest shareholder launched legal action against the Russian government.
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WASHINGTON: The United States yesterday criticised Msocow&#39;s move to take over the main asset of oil giant Yukos, saying the lack of transparency in the process could hurt Russia&#39;s standing in the world economy.
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The Kremlin fought back against accusations its secret agents murdered a man in Britain for the first time since the Cold War on Friday, as President Vladimir Putin faced European leaders at a summit in Helsinki.