Khodorkovsky still awaits final verdict

THE Moscow court reading the verdict in the politically charged trial of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky adjourned yesterday without pronouncing a final decision, postponing the process into a third day.

The judge, reading aloud in a relay with two associates, finished reading summations of the prosecution’s case on six of the seven charges against Khodorkovsky and business partner Platon Lebedev.

The reading’s phrasings appeared to give clear indication that both would be found guilty, but the court first must read summations of witness testimony.