Former CEO of Yukos oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky (l)and his former business partner Platon Lebedev (r) in the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow, for a first, preliminary hearing in a new trial on theft and money-laundering charges. The former head of Yukos is accused of embezzling 900bn roubles ($24.9bn) and could spend 15 more years in prison if convicted