Russia's richest man faces June 16 court date

A Moscow court ruled today that Russia’s richest man, oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, will be tried with another key shareholder in beleaguered oil company Yukos and set a hearing date for next week.

The court approved a defence request to combine Khodorkovsky’s case with the case of Platon Lebedev and scheduled the first hearing for June 16.