A Russian court has ordered the arrest of former businessman and oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a spokesman for Russia's Investigative Committee, Vladimir Markin, was quoted as saying by the RIA Novosti news agency.

Markin said the court had issued an international arrest warrant for Khodorkovsky, who spends much of his time in London.

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