Platon Lebedev is the former director of Group MENATEP, the controlling shareholder of YUKOS Oil Company. He was arrested July 2, 2003 on charges of fraud and tax evasion in relation to the privatization of Apatit, a fertilizer business. He was found guilty and is currently serving an 8-year sentence in a maximum security prison in the Polar Ural region of Siberia. Read more»