The detention of a billionaire on money-laundering charges sent shockwaves through Russia's business and political circles on Sept. 17 and prompted comparisons with a crackdown on former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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Agence France-Presse: Russian tycoon’s arrest sparks fears of ‘second Yukos’
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of the now dismantled Yukos oil company and once Russia's richest man, was jailed in 2003 on tax-evasion and embezzlement charges.
