TRIAL OF EX-YUKOS OFFICIAL ALEKSANYAN TO RESUME ON SEP. 21

RIA Novosti
Aug 27, 2009

MOSCOW, August 27 (RIA Novosti) – The trial of terminally ill ex-Yukos
official Vasily Aleksanyan on embezzlement and money laundering charges
will resume on September 21, a court spokesperson said on Thursday.

Anna Usachyova said the hearing had been postponed over a medical
probe into the condition of Aleksanyan, who is almost blind, has
developed liver cancer, and has contracted tuberculosis.

Aleksanyan, 36, diagnosed with AIDS a few months after his detention
in April 2006, was released from custody in December after posting
bail of 50 million rubles ($1.8 million).

Legal proceedings launched against the now defunct oil company Yukos
in 2003, seen by many as politically motivated, resulted in the
conviction of many executives and shareholders, including founder
and CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky.