Read more Mikhail Khodorkovsky stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/33989/mikhail-khodorkovsky.htmlhttp://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gifhttp://www.newser.com/2012 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorFri, 25 May 2012 19:20:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/108670/russian-tycoons-sentence-shows-putin-still-calling-shots.htmlJohn Johnson<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=787983&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110331175331' border='0' />Russia watchers were keeping a close eye on the sentencing of tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky today on seemingly trumped up embezzlement charges to see whether Vladimir Putin might be loosening his grip. With a judge giving Khodorkovsky the maximum 6 years on top of his earlier 8-year sentence, that answer seems...Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky stands in the defendants' cage Thursday.http://www.newser.com/story/108670/russian-tycoons-sentence-shows-putin-still-calling-shots.htmlThu, 30 Dec 2010 12:48:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35548/kremlin-foe-denied-bid-for-parole.html<img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=129405&width=45&height=45&crop=Y&updateddate=20110401004625' border='0' />A Russian court has rejected Mikhail Khodorkovsky's request for parole on Friday, ordering the jailed oil tycoon to serve out the remainder of his sentence in a ruling his lawyer called politically motivated. Khodorkovsky, the former head of Yukos oil company and once Russia's richest man, was sentenced to 8...Former Russian oil giant Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky stands behind bars at a courtroom in the Siberian city of Chita, some 3,750 miles east of Moscow on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008.http://www.newser.com/story/35548/kremlin-foe-denied-bid-for-parole.htmlFri, 22 Aug 2008 10:40:18 CDT