Sibneft

…in the Russian oil company Sibneft. At the time, the multibillion-dollar legal battle was the biggest private court case in British history, and it offered observers an insight into the inner workings of the oligarchs in the post-Soviet era. In August 2012 Berezovsky’s case was dismissed with a judgment that…

…acquire the Russian oil firm Sibneft to create what would be one of the world’s largest oil producers and Russia’s largest company. Those plans were scuttled later that year when Khodorkovsky was arrested on charges of fraud and tax evasion. His trial continued until 2005, when he was found guilty…