In a statement, Khodorkovsky said it was "fantastic" that the shareholders were being given a chance to recover their losses, but added that it was sad that "the recompense will have to come from the state's coffers, not from the pockets of mafiosi linked to the powers that be and those of Putin's oligarchs".
They will pay fines and recompense of $242m.
Marubeni said this constituted "personal acts" by its former employees, and it was under no obligation to recompense Lehman.Just the tonicPernod Ricard won the auction to buy Sweden's Vin & Sprit, which makes Absolut vodka, with a bid of euro5.6 billion ($8.9 billion).
But the idea of asking nothing for it was Mr Bennett's alone".I felt in a way it's a recompense for the education I was given," the writer told The Economist.
Last week's WTO decision to allow the European Union to impose up to $4 billion of tariffs against America as recompense for a foreign-sales tax break which the WTO has deemed an illegal subsidy is a reminder that most of the biggest WTO decisions have nothing to do with poor countries.
A preparatory-committee meeting of diplomats early in August reportedly laid the groundwork for a deal involving pledges of developmental assistance for Africa as a recompense for past wrongs.The case against casteIsrael and the US, however, have not been the only countries feeling singled out.
Then tort reformers seek to make them victims once more by denying them a basic constitutional right: that a jury decides what recompense for their injury is appropriate.Jane MarshallClarksville, Tennessee.
But the lack of a sharp upturn means such partial recompense has not been forthcoming this time round.
It is clear from this that Mr Pinault believed that the agreed deal for him to buy Aurora was in jeopardy and that he had a right to financial recompense.
It seems scant recompense for the 30,000-70,000 Kashmiris who have died in the insurgency.
What general conclusions can be drawn from different countries' experiences?Some argue that digging over the unsavoury details of the past can only inflame passions and raise hopes of recompense and justice that can never be satisfied.
