Sergei Polonsky

Russian property developer Sergei Polonsky, who has been convicted of defrauding investors, plans to run in next year's presidential election, his campaign manager said on Wednesday.

A Russian tycoon accused of embezzling tens of millions of dollars in a real estate scam was re-arrested in Cambodia on Friday for over-staying his visa and will be deported, officials said.

A Cambodian court freed Russian real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky on Monday and he will not be extradited to Russia to face embezzlement charges there, his lawyer said.

A court in Moscow today convicted tycoon Alexander Lebedev for battery of another businessman during a televised talk show in 2011, sentencing him to 150 hours of community labour.

Russian property developer Sergei Polonsky, who has been convicted of defrauding investors, plans to run in next year's presidential election, his campaign manager said on Wednesday.

A Russian tycoon accused of embezzling tens of millions of dollars in a real estate scam was re-arrested in Cambodia on Friday for over-staying his visa and will be deported, officials said.

A Cambodian court freed Russian real estate tycoon Sergei Polonsky on Monday and he will not be extradited to Russia to face embezzlement charges there, his lawyer said.

A court in Moscow today convicted tycoon Alexander Lebedev for battery of another businessman during a televised talk show in 2011, sentencing him to 150 hours of community labour.