Tag: Term
Khodorkovsky gets 14-year jail term
MOSCOW - A Moscow judge handed former tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky a 14 year jail term Thursday in his second trial on money laundering and embezzlement charges, an AFP correspondent reported.
Taking into account time served since his first arrest in 2003, this means that the Yukos oil company founder and his co-defendant Platon Lebedev will stay in jail until 2017, Russian news agencies said.
The defence, which has vowed to appeal the conviction, has yet to comment on the
Taking into account time served since his first arrest in 2003, this means that the Yukos oil company founder and his co-defendant Platon Lebedev will stay in jail until 2017, Russian news agencies said.
The defence, which has vowed to appeal the conviction, has yet to comment on the
Medvedev wants another term: aide
MOSCOW: A top aide to Dmitry Medvedev on Friday said that he believed the Russian president would like to serve a second term after his mandate expires in 2012.
"I believe he does," Kremlin economic adviser Arkady Dvorkovich told the BBC when asked whether Medvedev wanted another term in the Kremlin.
"I think that from what anyone can see when they look at what President Medvedev does, he believes that President Medvedev wants to continue his term and continue the agenda he
"I believe he does," Kremlin economic adviser Arkady Dvorkovich told the BBC when asked whether Medvedev wanted another term in the Kremlin.
"I think that from what anyone can see when they look at what President Medvedev does, he believes that President Medvedev wants to continue his term and continue the agenda he
Kayani’s 3-year new term of office begins tomorrow
ISLAMABAD: Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani will start the three-year extension period in his tenure from tomorrow (Monday).
General Kayani was due to retire from service on November 29, 2010 but was given an extension of three years by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on July 22.
Making the announcement in the shortest-ever televised speech by any Pakistani prime minister, Gilani said the vital decision was taken for the sake of the continuity of counterterrorism
General Kayani was due to retire from service on November 29, 2010 but was given an extension of three years by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on July 22.
Making the announcement in the shortest-ever televised speech by any Pakistani prime minister, Gilani said the vital decision was taken for the sake of the continuity of counterterrorism
Maliki awarded 2nd term as Iraq PM
BAGHDAD: Nuri al-Maliki was awarded a second term as Iraq's prime minister on Thursday, signalling an end may finally be in sight to the country's eight month impasse following a general election in March.
President Jalal Talabani's nomination of Maliki, delayed to give him as much time as possible to negotiate ministerial posts, comes after a power-sharing deal between Iraq's divided factions was sealed two weeks ago and gives Maliki 30 days to complete the difficult task of
President Jalal Talabani's nomination of Maliki, delayed to give him as much time as possible to negotiate ministerial posts, comes after a power-sharing deal between Iraq's divided factions was sealed two weeks ago and gives Maliki 30 days to complete the difficult task of
Maliki set to seal 2nd term as Iraq PM
BAGHDAD: Nuri al-Maliki, Iraq's tough-talking but uncharismatic prime minister and former rebel, is set to hold on to the premiership eight months after inconclusive elections.
After a protracted political standoff that kept the country without a government following March 7 elections, rival parties finally reached a power-sharing deal headlined by Maliki hanging on to the top job. Sentenced to death by Saddam Hussein, former guerrilla Maliki, who spent decades in exile, emerged
After a protracted political standoff that kept the country without a government following March 7 elections, rival parties finally reached a power-sharing deal headlined by Maliki hanging on to the top job. Sentenced to death by Saddam Hussein, former guerrilla Maliki, who spent decades in exile, emerged
