- Title: Timeline of 20 years of Russia's Vladimir Putin in power
- Date: 27th December 2019
- Summary: Oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky is arrested and charged with fraud. He is later found guilty and jailed in a case his supporters say was punishment for his meddling in politics. He is only released in 2013 after Putin pardons him. MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - APRIL 2005) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) ***WARNING: CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS YUKOS OIL COMPANY OFFICE BUILDING MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - SEPTEMBER 19, 2005) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) RUSSIAN TYCOON MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY ENTERING COURTROOM AND TAKING SEAT BEHIND GLASS SECURITY SCREEN KHODORKOVSKY BEHIND GLASS SECURITY SCREEN JOURNALISTS MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - SEPTEMBER 22, 2005) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN TYCOON, MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY, SAYING: "This is very hard for me, but unfortunately it is necessary to tell you and to repeat what I told you in the first session. I am convinced there was no justice taking place here. Thank you." KHODORKOVSKY'S LAWYER GERIKH PADVA SEATED AND LISTENING TO PROSECUTOR KHODORKOVSKY LISTENING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) APPEAL COURT JUDGE, VYACHESLAV TARASOV, SAYING: "After partial addition of the punishment, both (Khodorkovsky and Lebedev) receive an eight-year prison term each." VARIOUS OF KHODORKOVSKY LEAVING COURTROOM During the first decade Putin generally enjoyed good relations with Western leaders. In summer 2006 Russia hosted its first G8 summit in 2006. SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (FILE - JULY 17, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) PUTIN WAVING AT SMILING AND OTHER LEADERS AT G8 ROUNDTABLE TALKS FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC TALKING TO US PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL TALKING WITH BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR ITALIAN PRIME MINISTER ROMANO PRODI BUSH SMILING G8 ROUND TABLE TALKS Investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a critic of rights abuses in Chechnya, is murdered in Moscow on Putin's birthday. Kremlin critic Alexander Litvinenko dies in London that same year after being poisoned with a radioactive substance. A British inquiry years later concludes he was killed by Russian agents. MOSCOW, RUSSIA (FILE - OCTOBER 26, 2002) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) NEGOTIATOR, JOURNALIST, ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA, SAYING: "They (the militants) said that they will stay inside the building. They have no plans to leave, there was no discussion." MOSCOW, RUSSIA (OCTOBER 7, 2006) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) FLOWERS OUTSIDE APARTMENT BUILDING WHERE RUSSIAN JOURNALIST ANNA POLITKOVSKAYA WAS KILLED VARIOUS OF PARAMEDICS TAKING DEAD BODY OF POLITKOVSKAYA OUT OF BUILDING AND INTO POLICE VAN POLICEMAN TALKING ON RADIO
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