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The judge at the second trial of imprisoned Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has ruled out a suspended sentence.
His former business partner Platon Lebedev likewise faces a new prison sentence, correspondents report.
“Khodorkovsky and Lebedev may only be reformed if they are isolated from society,” the judge’s verdict says.
The two men were convicted of fraud on Monday but the reading of the 800-page verdict has still to be completed.
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