Reading at adjourning Yukos trial hints at guilty verdict

MOSCOW (AP) — The Moscow court reading the verdict in the politically charged trial of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky adjourned Tuesday without pronouncing a final decision, postponing the laborious process into a third day. Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former CEO of Russian oil gaint Yukos awaiting verdict, may spend more time behind bars for tax evasion. By Oleg Romanov, AP The court finished reading summations of the prosecution's case on six of the seven charges against Khodorkovsky and business partner Platon Lebedev. The reading's phrasings appeared to give clear indication that both would be found guilty, but the court first must read summations of witness testimony. A news report earlier Tuesday said the court had found them guilty on most of the charges, but Yelena Lipster, an attorney for Lebedev, said that the court's readings did not constitute a firm guilty verdict. Free Mind's Comments: Russia and China are indebted to Mikhail Khodorkovsky's hard work on setting up the initial system to supply oil from Siberia to China. His Yukos Company was the sole suppier of oil to China, so his ingenuity deserves credit from Russia and China, he should not be captured. Russia and China united to grab the oil from Khodorkovsky's Yukos Oil Company. This has reduced the oil supply to the U.S., causing the price of oil to rise, and Bush's approval rating to drop because the high gasoline prices are causing inflation in the U.S. The Chinese should not be so arrogant about their booming economy, they need to realize that many American people hate them. In different TV programs, you hear hysterical people complaining about Chinese taking American jobs away, and sending nuclear bombs to attack Los Angeles. The image of the Chinese government is very aggressive right now, they need to understand how Americans feel and cultivate a better image.