Maker of stolen Khodorkovsky film probes case's mysteries

By Alyssa Rosenberg Most documentary filmmakers can’t pull off the things that Michael Moore does, and don’t really try—arguably, Moore’s never really pulled off a movie as raw, funny and as striking revealing as his debut, Roger & Me:

Around 100 people gathered Saturday outside the headquarters of Russia's FSB security agency, formerly the KGB, in support of jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other "political prisoners".Several demonstrators held up pictures of the former head of oil giant Yukos, who is facing an additional 14-year sentence on top of the eight-year term he is currently serving.Pamphlets written by opposition politicians and figures from the world of culture denounced his trial, which concluded this week, as absurd.

Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has declared a hunger strike, he said in an open letter to the chairman of Russia's supreme court published on Tuesday.Khodorkovsky accused a Moscow court of unlawfully keeping him in jail as he awaits trial on new charges of financial crimes, which he said violated recent amendments to Russian law pushed through by President Dmitry Medvedev.

A Moscow court is expected Monday to begin announcing the verdict in the second trial of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a case some see as a bellwether of Russia's political future. Once the country's richest man, now its most prominent prisoner, Khodorkovsky, 47, is already serving an eight-year sentence for fraud.But with his release scheduled for next year, Khodorkovsky is now on trial on charges of money laundering and embezzlement that could see the head of the now-defunct Yukos oil giant stay in jail until 2017.

A Moscow court is expected Monday to begin announcing the verdict in the second trial of former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a case some see as a bellwether of Russia's political future. Once the country's richest man, now its most prominent prisoner, Khodorkovsky, 47, is already serving an eight-year sentence for fraud.But with his release scheduled for next year, Khodorkovsky is now on trial on charges of money laundering and embezzlement that could see the head of the now-defunct Yukos oil giant stay in jail until 2017.