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MOSCOW (AP) - Lawyers for a former executive of the beleaguered oil giant Yukos who was convicted of murder appealed his 20-year prison sentence on Monday.
A Moscow City Court jury last week found Alexei Pichugin guilty of organizing a double murder in 2002 as well as an attack on the head of the Moscow mayor's communication service.
Pichugin, once a top security officer for Yukos, has dismissed the charges as part of a Kremlin-instigated crackdown on Yukos.
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