Jailed Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been hospitalized after another prisoner slashed him in the face while he slept, his lawyer said Saturday. The attorney, Yury Schmidt, told The Associated Press that Khodorkovsky had been assaulted by another prisoner with a sharp object sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning. The billionaire tycoon, once Russia’s richest man, required stitches and was recovering in the infirmary wing of the prison camp in Krasnokamensk, Schmidt said. He also accused prison authorities of trying to cover up the incident. Full Story
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