The former head of the YUKOS oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky arrived to the Basmanny court session where would be considered the General Prosecutor Office petition for prolongation of his term of imprisonment.
The former head of the YUKOS oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky arrived to the Basmanny court session where would be considered the General Prosecutor Office petition for prolongation of his term of imprisonment.
Supporters of the Russian oil tycoon, major shareholder and former CEO of Yukos company Mikhail Khodorkovsky, arrested on charges of tax evasion and financial fraud, picket the Basmanny Court of Moscow to denounce the court verdict authorising extension of Mr Khodorkovsky's preliminary imprisonment.
American lawyer Robert Amsterdam, representing interests of the Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, arrested on charges of tax evasion, arrives at the Moscow Basmanny Court to attend the hearings of Mr Khodorkovsky's case.
A television cameraman stands on the porch of the Moscow Basmanny Court during hearings of the Mikhail Khodorkovsky case. Mr Khodorkovsky - major shareholder and former CEO of the once largest Russian oil company - is charged with massive fraud and tax evasion.
Former YUKOS law department Vasily Aleksanyan.