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A little state bullying goes a long way

Feb 16th, 2004 12:00am
Yukos offers share swap for Khodorkovsky-in jail. Since October, key shareholders of Russian oil firm Yukos have offered their stakes to the state in return for the release of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, its former chief. "Life and liberty are more valuable than shares," said Menatep shareholder Leonid Nevzlin. He and two other large shareholders have fled to Israel. In addition to Mr Khodorkovsky, the Russian authorities are ...

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