Yukos Boss Prison Conditions More Harsh

Imprisoned Mikhail Khodorkovsky, has been transferred to another building of the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center on Tuesday, his lawyer Anton Drel revealed.

Now his living conditions deteriorated ? he lives in a cell with 11 other inmates where he is not permitted to receive any newspapers or watch TV.

Khodorkovsky had been kept before in a cell with two other inmates, throughout the duration of his trial hearings in Meshchansky court in Moscow, 653 days in whole. The cell did have a TV and a fridge, and inmates were allowed access to books and newspapers.