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    A Moscow court will rule on Tuesday whether Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man and former head of Yukos oil, will remain jailed pending his trial on fraud and tax evasion charges. Few expect the court to agree to his request for release on bail. Khodorkovsky has been in jail since October 25th, and the Russian Prosecutor General's Office wants him behind bars until at least December 30th. Khodorkovsky's lawyers argue his arrest was politically motivated for supporting parties opposing President Putin's allies in upcoming elections.

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    A Moscow court will rule on Tuesday whether Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man and former head of Yukos oil, will remain jailed pending his trial on fraud and tax evasion charges. Few expect the court to agree to his request for release on bail. Khodorkovsky has been in jail since October 25th, and the Russian Prosecutor General's Office wants him behind bars until at least December 30th. Khodorkovsky's lawyers argue his arrest was politically motivated for supporting parties opposing President Putin's allies in upcoming elections.

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    A Moscow court will rule on Tuesday whether Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia's richest man and former head of Yukos oil, will remain jailed pending his trial on fraud and tax evasion charges. Few expect the court to agree to his request for release on bail. Khodorkovsky has been in jail since October 25th, and the Russian Prosecutor General's Office wants him behind bars until at least December 30th. Khodorkovsky's lawyers argue his arrest was politically motivated for supporting parties opposing President Putin's allies in upcoming elections.

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    Release on Bail Not Expected for Jailed Russian Oligarch

    Lisa McAdams
    Moscow
    11 Nov 2003, 12:20 UTC

    A Moscow court is due to rule Tuesday on whether Russia's richest man,


    Mikhail Khodorkovsky, will remain behind bars until his trial on multiple
    fraud and tax evasion charges. Mr. Khodorkovsky, who recently resigned as
    the head of Russia's largest oil company, Yukos, has been in jail since
    October 25. Few expect Moscow's Basmanny court to agree to the defense's
    request to release Mr. Khodorkovsky on bail, pending his trial.
    Mikhail
    Khodorkovsky
    The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has said it wants the billionaire oil
    tycoon behind bars at least until December 30.

    A trial date for the high-profile case has not yet been set.

    Mr. Khodorkovsky's lawyers argue that his arrest last month was motivated by politics because he
    openly supports parties running against President Vladimir Putin's allies in parliamentary elections
    scheduled for December.

    President Putin has said he has no authority to intervene in a criminal investigation and has stated
    repeatedly that all people are equal before the law.

    If convicted, Mr. Khodorkovsky faces up to ten years in prison.

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