Former Russian minister tries to get rival sent to jail

A former Russian Finance Minister who defeated a billionaire Vladimir Putin ally in a High Court battle is now trying to get his bitter rival sent to prison. Vladimir Chernukhin, 51, claimed oligarch Oleg Deripaska, 52, hired armed gangsters to take over Moscow textile factory in December 2010. Mr Deripaska had denied there was any armed raid and his lawyers insisted the claims were exaggerated. But a High Court judge ruled against Mr Deripaska in February 2019 and told the…