Jailed Russian Tycoon To Run For Office
8th Sep 2005, 00:19 GMT
Jailed tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has formally announced that he plans to run for parliament in a by-election in December.He has sent a letter to the election authorities announcing his intention to run for a seat in the lower house in a Moscow district.
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