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$50 billion Yukos compensation

The Russian government is ordered to pay $50 billion in compensation to former shareholders of Yukos, the country's largest oil company.

The Russian government is ordered to pay $50 billion in compensation to former shareholders of Yukos, the country's largest oil company, which was forced into bankruptcy nearly ten years ago. Moscow says it will appeal but the man who brought the case against the Kremlin tells us that doesn't bother him.
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Tue 29 Jul 2014 00:06GMT

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