The court sentenced former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky to nine years in prison. This is reported by RIA Novosti. \n \nThe head of MENATEP Group Platon Lebedev received the same term. Former general director of the closed joint-stock company Volna Andrei Krainov was given a five-year suspended sentence. Khodorkovsky said that he understood the verdict. "I understand the verdict. This is a monument to Basmanny justice," he said. \n \nIn addition, the court granted the claim of the Federal Tax Service and recovered 17,395 million rubles from Khodorkovsky and Lebedev. The court recommended considering, in civil proceedings, claims for the recovery of 15 million rubles from Lebedev and 62 million rubles from Khodorkovsky. \n \nYukos shares rose by 6% after the announcement of the verdict to Khodorkovsky. The head of the sales department at the investment company Prospekt, Anton Kashtanov, explained that the market had previously been declining in anticipation of the verdict, and has now begun to grow.
End of the Yukos case: Khodorkovsky given nine years
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