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Russian prosecutors said that new embezzlement and grand theft charges have been filed against oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who is serving an eight-year prison sentence on charges his defenders say are politically motivated.
The Prosecutor General's office alleged that Khodorkovsky schemed with a group of investors at his company Yukos to bilk a Siberian oil company of 3.6 billion rubles ($198 million), and billions of more rubles from other companies.
