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At least 12 people are now known to have died in an explosion at a mine in north-west Russia, officials say.

Global metals prices are soaring, raising concerns about further environmental destruction in rural Russia where mining and smelting takes place.

Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's appeal against fraud and tax evasion convictions is rejected.

A Russian court once again adjourns jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's appeal against his fraud conviction.

Jailed Russian business tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's appeal hearing is adjourned after his lawyer fails to turn up.

Jailed Russian business tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky says he plans to stand for parliament.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, is waiting to hear whether he will face years behind bars.

A chronology of the main events in the oil firm's turbulent history.

The verdict in the trial of former Yukos boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky, has been postponed, Moscow court officials say.

Former Russian oil chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky awaits the outcome of his 10-month trial on fraud and tax charges.

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The judge in the trial of former Yukos chief Mikhail Khodorkovsky retires to consider her verdict.

Prosecutors in the trial of Russian oil boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky tell a Moscow court that he should get a 10 year sentence.

A prosecutor tells a Russian court that oil barons Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev were "guilty", as the case continues.

A Texas judge tells embattled Russian oil giant Yukos it has no right to bankruptcy protection in the US.

Russia's state prosecutors call their first witness in the long-running trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former boss of oil and gas giant Yukos.

Russia's oligarchs have risen to massive fortune and fame over the past 15 years, but none of this has been as spectacular as the crashes of some of them.

Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, on trial for charges of fraud and tax evasion, says the charges against him are "absurd".

Russian billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his associate Platon Lebedev set out to steal state property, a Moscow court hears.

The trial of jailed businessman Platon Lebedev, who faces fraud and tax evasion charges, is delayed.

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