Hunting in the thick of will

The ex-head of the Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky was arrested in absentia in the case of the organization of murders and put on the international wanted list. This is stated in the message of the Investigative Committee posted on the website of the department.

According to the investigation, Khodorkovsky, as a shareholder and chairman of the board of the oil company Yukos, "in 1998-1999 he entrusted to him by the company's employees Nevzlin and Pichugin, as well as to other persons, the murder of the mayor of Nefteyugansk Petukhov and the entrepreneur Rybin, whose official activities contradicted the interests of Yukos."

"For the investigation, it is quite obvious that these crimes were committed with selfish motives. To organize the murder of Petukhov was decided in connection with his legal requirements as the mayor of Nefteyugansk against the oil company Yukos for the return of taxes hidden from the state. Employer Yevgeny Rybin was associated with the claims initiated by him to recover damage caused by the illegal activity of this oil company," - The press release signed by the representative of the IC Vladimir Markin says.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow confirmed that a preventive measure in the form of detention for two months from the moment the suspect was detained in absentia in absentia.

According to the press secretary of Khodorkovsky Kulle Pispanen, the ex-head of Yukos Mikhail does not plan to change his lifestyle after announcing his absentee arrest. “These actions will not limit his movement in no way,” she said . According to her, the ex-owner of Yukos "is absolutely anyway."

President Vladimir Putin is not related to the new charges of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and this does not contradict the decision to pardon a businessman, said Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov. "The decision to pardon on the basis of the appeal of the convict is made by the head of state, but the head of state does not accept the decision on investigative actions or announcing an international or other wanted list," Peskov said. - This is accepted by the investigating authorities. "

On December 18, the ex-head of the Yukos economic security department, Alexei Pichugin, who was serving life sentence, said that he was not going to testify against Khodorkovsky. Earlier, investigators sought evidence from Pichugin against the senior leadership of Yukos. On December 11, Khodorkovsky invited Pichuginto take part in the show in exchange for freedom. "The hostage, Pichugin, has not yet been conspired. But now there is an opportunity to exchange his freedom to participate in the show. Alexey, do it," Khodorkovsky wrote on Twitter.

On December 11, the Investigative Committee in absentia accused Khodorkovsky of organizing the murder of Petukhov, as well as two attempts for the murder of the manager of the managing company "Ist Petroleum Handachezhez MB Evgenia Rybin. "According to the results of the work done by the investigation and operational services, involvement in these murders and attempts to kill Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who played a particularly active role, was established. After all, not a single important decision in Yukos was made without the Khodorkovsky team," the SKR said. According to the investigation, it was Khodorkovsky who instructed his subordinates to Leonid Nevzlin and Pichugin the murder of Petukhov and Rybin, "whose official activity contradicted the interests of Yukos."

On June 30, the Investigative Committee said that he resumed the investigation of the murder of Petukhov committed in 1998. Then in the TFR they said that Khodorkovsky may be the customer of this and a number of other crimes.