Russian government property in the United States could be seized after former shareholders of the Yukos oil company sought recognition of a multi-billion dollar compensation award in US courts.
The Telegraph: Former Yukos shareholders to sue Russia in US court for $50 billion
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.
