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22.04.2009, 01:36

Former Yukos lawyer set free by Moscow court

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Former Yukos lawyer released from jail

Published: 27 April, 2009, 17:49


The former lawyer of the bankrupt Russian oil giant Yukos, Svetlana Bakhmina, has been released on parole.

 
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