January 6, 2007

YUKOS Oil Company - is it the common link?



Khodorkovsky Press Center As a global representative of Russian business, Mikhail Khodorkovsky recognized his responsibility to participate in the creation of a Russian civil society. Knowing that business often serves as a catalyst for change, Mr. Khodorkovsky's vision made YUKOS a leader in corporate governance, transparency and philanthropy. Prior to heading YUKOS, Mr. Khodorkovsky was the CEO of Rosprom, an investment company that managed the transition of more than one hundred large manufacturers from the Soviet economic model to free enterprise.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky is best known as YUKOS Oil's visionary leader. He was the first Russian CEO to adopt Western financial practices and corporate governance accountability, transforming YUKOS into Russia's leading oil company. Khodorkovsky's vision goes beyond business, however. He used his wealth to advance democratic, philanthropic and civic projects across Russia. He is unique among Russia's "oligarchs" for his strong passion for democracy and his courage - some might call it foolhardiness - in challenging Kremlin control over society. It was Khodorkovsky's natural interest in politics - including support for liberal parties prior to the 2002 Duma elections - that ultimately stirred the Kremlin's ire.



Planton Lebedev Press Center Platon Lebedev is the former director of Group MENATEP, the controlling shareholder of YUKOS Oil Company.

YUKOS Oil Company

YUKOS Minority Shareholder Coalition

YUKOS employees arrested or sanctioned for arrest include:
Igor Agafonov
Elena Agranovskaya
Aleksei Aleksandrov
Vasily Alexanyan
Pavel Anisimov
Svetlana Bakhmina
Sergei Baldikov
Yuri Beylin
Mikhail Brudno, Forbes Magazine 20/100
Ramil Burganov, granted political asylum in U.K.
Irina Chernikova
Natalya Chernisheva, living in U.K.
Mikhail Dodonov
Vladimir Dubov, Forbes Magazine 21/100
Mikhail Elfimov
Tagirzian Gilmanov
Dmitri Gololobov, living in U.K.
Irina Golub
Aleksei Golubovich, Forbes Magazine 81/100
Igor Goncharov
Aleksandr Gorbachev, granted political asylum in U.K.
Aleksandr Ivannikov
Pavel Iviev
Vladislav Kartashov
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Forbes Magazine 01/100
Ivan Kolesnikov
Andrei Krainov
Aleksei Kurtzin
Dadim Lazarenko
Dmitri Lazarenkov
Platon Lebedev, Forbes Magazine 22/100
Vladimir Malakhovsky
Vladimir Malin
Elena Marochkina
Dmitri Maruev, living in U.K.
Bruce Misamore
Leonid Nevzlin, Forbes Magazine 18/100
Tim Osborne
Vladimir Pereverzin
Alexei Pichugin
Dmitri Schenski
Vasily Shakhnovsky, Forbes Magazine 23/100
Sergei Shimkevich
Ludmila Slyusareva
Aleksei Spiricher
Aleksandr Temerko, living in U.K.
Steven Theede
Mikhail Trushin
Antonio Valdes-Garcia
Dmitri Velichko
Oleg Vitka
Kostantin Vorotnikov
Nikolai Yumin
Yuri Yuminov
Anton Zakharov
Vladimir Zvantzev

Constitutional and Due Process Violations in the Khodorkovsky/YUKOS Case

Harvard Business School Case Study

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