Russia's Khodorkovsky sent to prison camp

Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been sent to a prison camp to serve his eight-year sentence for fraud and …

Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been sent to a prison camp to serve his eight-year sentence for fraud and tax evasion, Interfax news agency reported today.|

A prison service escort delivered Khodorkovsky, founder of Yukos oil company, to prison camp No. 13 in the town of Engels, 720 kilometres southeast of Moscow, the agency reported.

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