Former Yukos Security got Life Imprisonment

Alexei Pichugin, the former Yukos security chief, was sentenced to life imprisonment in a new trial Monday.

Pichugin was earlier sentenced to 24 years in prison in 2006, for a series of killings and attempted murdersl.

"The court concluded that Pichugin poses a serious threat to society and sentences him to life in prison," the judge said, announcing the verdict.

"The defendant's guilt has been proven by the investigation and witness accounts," the verdict said.