![Jailed former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks to the judge from the defendant's cage at a court in Chita August 21, 2008. Khodorkovsky's appeal for early release comes before a court Jailed former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks to the judge from the defendant's cage at a court in Chita August 21, 2008. Khodorkovsky's appeal for early release comes before a court](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2E808DJ/jailed-former-russian-oil-tycoon-mikhail-khodorkovsky-speaks-to-the-judge-from-the-defendants-cage-at-a-court-in-chita-august-21-2008-khodorkovskys-appeal-for-early-release-comes-before-a-court-on-thursday-in-what-his-lawyers-say-will-be-a-test-case-for-president-dmitry-medvedev-reuterstatyana-makeyeva-russia-2E808DJ.jpg)
Jailed former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky speaks to the judge from the defendant's cage at a court in Chita August 21, 2008. Khodorkovsky's appeal for early release comes before a court
![Former oil magnate and Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky in a glass cage, during an appeal hearing in the Moscow City Court. | Geert Groot Koerkamp Former oil magnate and Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky in a glass cage, during an appeal hearing in the Moscow City Court. | Geert Groot Koerkamp](https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000sTDyy6PCoxQ/s/1200/I0000sTDyy6PCoxQ.jpg)
Former oil magnate and Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky in a glass cage, during an appeal hearing in the Moscow City Court. | Geert Groot Koerkamp
![Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky (C) listens to Platon Lebedev (R), another key shareholder in oil group YUKOS, as they stand inside a cage guarded by an interior ministry serviceman at the Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky (C) listens to Platon Lebedev (R), another key shareholder in oil group YUKOS, as they stand inside a cage guarded by an interior ministry serviceman at the](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D3BB7H/russian-oil-magnate-mikhail-khodorkovsky-c-listens-to-platon-lebedev-r-another-key-shareholder-in-oil-group-yukos-as-they-stand-inside-a-cage-guarded-by-an-interior-ministry-serviceman-at-the-meshchansky-court-in-moscow-june-23-2004-khodorkovsky-returned-to-court-on-wednesday-in-a-billion-dollar-fraud-trial-expected-to-end-in-the-conviction-of-the-politically-ambitious-opponent-of-president-vladimir-putin-2D3BB7H.jpg)
Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky (C) listens to Platon Lebedev (R), another key shareholder in oil group YUKOS, as they stand inside a cage guarded by an interior ministry serviceman at the
![Jailed former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky stands in the defendant's cage during a court hearing in Chita August 21, 2008. Khodorkovsky's appeal for early release comes before a court on Thursday Jailed former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky stands in the defendant's cage during a court hearing in Chita August 21, 2008. Khodorkovsky's appeal for early release comes before a court on Thursday](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D27W5M/jailed-former-russian-oil-tycoon-mikhail-khodorkovsky-stands-in-the-defendants-cage-during-a-court-hearing-in-chita-august-21-2008-khodorkovskys-appeal-for-early-release-comes-before-a-court-on-thursday-in-what-his-lawyers-say-will-be-a-test-case-for-president-dmitry-medvedev-reuterstatyana-makeyeva-russia-2D27W5M.jpg)