MOSCOW (Reuters) - A former Russian minister testified on Monday in the trial of jailed oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, becoming the first top Kremlin ally to appear in the case which is seen as a test of promised judicial reforms.
Kremlin critics dismissed the appearance of German Gref, who now heads Russia's largest bank, as a bid to lend legitimacy to politically charged proceedings against the former Yukos chief.
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