Mikhail Khodorkovsky put on international wanted list

Former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been put on an international wanted list, the Russian Investigative Committee’s official representative Vladimir Markin said.

Russia’s Investigative Committee brought charges in absentia against him, accusing him of organizing a murder and attempting to murder two or more people.

According to the investigation, Khodorkovsky, who was a shareholder and the board chairman of the oil company Yukos, instructed his subordinates in 1998–1999 to organize the murder of Nefteyugansk Mayor Vladimir Petukhov and entrepreneur Yevgeny Rybkin, Lifenews reports.