Vasily Aleksanyan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Vasily Aleksanyan

Russian lawyer, businessman, and former Executive Vice President of Yukos oil company

Date of Birth: 15-Dec-1971

Place of Birth: Moscow, Russia

Date of Death: 03-Oct-2011

Profession: lawyer, businessperson

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Vasily Georgievich Aleksanyan (Russian: ????´??? ???´??????? ????????´?, Armenian: ?????? ??????????; 15 December 1971 – 2 October 2011) was a Russian lawyer and a former Executive Vice President of Yukos oil company.
He headed the company’s legal department and represented Mikhail Khodorkovsky when the Kremlin accused the oil tycoon and his managers of money laundering and embezzlement in 2006.
Aleksanyan was arrested and charged as an accomplice to tax evasion and money laundering.
After refusing to allegedly provide false evidence against other Yukos executives, he served two years in prison while suffering from advanced cancer and AIDS.
After a decision by European Court of Human Rights, he was released on a bond on 12 January 2009, dying from complications of AIDS on 2 October 2011.