POLITICS A Moscow appeals court upheld the multi-million dollar theft and money laundering conviction against jailed Russian tycoons Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev on Tuesday and reduced their 14-year sentence by one year. Khodorkovsky’s defense said the ruling had been predictable and bears only “cosmetic” changes. (Kommersant, Vedomosti, Rossiiskaya Gazeta, Izvestia) Belarus continues its desperate […]