Khodorkovsky claimed Russia trials without juries unfair to accused
March 27, 2012
On March 27, 2010, former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky released a statement during his embezzlement trial which claimed that jury trials in Russia were severely restricted and that entering a plea of "not guilty" plea often leads to retaliatory verdicts and penalties. The statement cam....... [more] 
Russia president orders inquiry into Khodorkovsky sentence
March 5, 2012
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday ordered Russia's prosecutor general to conduct a study into 32 criminal cases, including the case of ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Khodorkovsky, who was once in charge of Russia's largest oil company, Yukos, was arrested in 2003 on charges of tax e....... [more]
Russia rights council condemns Khodorkovsky conviction
December 21, 2011
The Russia Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights under President Dmitry Medvedev called for the prosecutor general to petition to annul the conviction of ex-oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky in a report released Wednesday. The council found fundamental violations in the investigation....... [more]
Khodorkovsky was illegally detained: Russia high court
September 14, 2011
The Supreme Court of Russia ruled Tuesday that former oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev were illegally detained for their trial last year, a symbolic victory for the pair that will have no effect on their sentences. Although the two were already convicted and....... [more]
Russia court denies parole for ex-Yukos oil executive
July 27, 2011
A court in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia on Wednesday denied parole for former Yukos oil executive Platon Lebedev. Lebedev and his former business partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky were convicted in December and sentenced in the Khamovinchesky District Court on charges connected with embezzling more....... [more]
Russia rights council urges amnesty for economic crimes that would cover Khodorkovsky
July 7, 2011
The Russia Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights urged amnesty for economic crimes in a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Tuesday that would include amnesty for the crimes of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Medvedev was receptive to the granting amne....... [more]
Russia panel finds no proof of undue pressure on Khodorkovsky judge
June 14, 2011
The Russian Investigative Committee said Tuesday there is no evidence of undue pressure by superiors on the judge that sentenced former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky. One of Khodorkovsky's main witnesses, Natalya Vasilyeva a former court aide, was called in for questioning Tuesday by t....... [more]
Khodorkovsky reissues parole request after court refused it for insufficient documentation
June 8, 2011
Former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Tuesday reissued an appeal for release on parole that was returned to him due to insufficient documentation. Khodorkovsky has served half of a 13-year sentence for fraud, theft and money laundering, which under Russian law makes him eligible for p....... [more]
ECHR finds insufficient proof Khodorkovsky prosecution was politically motivated
May 31, 2011
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday found that former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky did not prove his prosecution for tax evasion and fraud were politically motivated but that his detention violated human rights standards. The ECHR found violations of the Convention for....... [more]
Russia appeals court upholds Khodorkovsky conviction, reduces sentence
May 24, 2011
The Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld the second fraud convictions of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev but reduced their eight-year sentences to seven years. The two men, already serving a sentence handed down in 2005 for fraud and tax evasi....... [more]
Khodorkovsky files appeal, seeks probe against judge
May 18, 2011
Lawyer for former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Tuesday appealed his December conviction and requested that an Investigative Committee open a probe against Judge Viktor Danilkin. In February, Danilkin's assistant accused the judge of not writing the verdict and stated he was coerced....... [more]
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