(right) of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev were recognized guilty together A Moscow Court upheld second conviction appeal of Khodorkovsky ex-magnat for fraud but reduce his sentence of 14 years for one year.Khodorkovsky has been recognized guilty in December of hijacking of almost $30bn (￡ 19bn, EUR 21bn) a value of oil and the proceeds of his own company.
He told the Court his conviction, which extended his existing sentence by six years, was "absurd".
It appears that it will be not eligible for release now until 2016.
The prosecution and imprisonment of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once the richest man of the Russia as the owner of the energy giant Yukos, has been widely criticized outside the Russia.
His fate was seen by some as punishment for which seek to support a liberal opposition in Russia policy and thus challenging Vladimir Putin, former President and current Prime Minister.
"Spit on the right."Questions about his new collected conviction force in February, when the trial judge was accused of having changed his verdict, under external pressure.
Judge Viktor Danilkin denied accusations by his Deputy of the Court, Natalya Vasilyeva.
In a speech to the Court on Tuesday, Khodorkovsky said "it was clear" the charges against him and the sentence made were "absurd."
He called on the judges of the Court of three appeal to throw the case.
"Mixing the sentence and place to end this shame or you will join these criminals who spit on the Act," Khodorkovsky said.
It was certain, he said, his fate was decided outside the Court and said he would seek clemency.
The appeal with him is his business partner, Platon Lebedev.
Arrested in 2003, the two men were eventually sentenced to prison nine years in 2005 for fraud and tax evasion, a term also later reduced by one year.
The new sentence imposed in December runs at the same time that the first term.
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