The former head of MENATEP, Platon Lebedev, obtained permission to request the documents he needed for his defense from government agencies. Previously, an investigator from the Prosecutor General's Office refused to allow Lebedev to make such requests, but the Ingodinsky District Court of Chita declared the investigator's actions illegal. It must be said that ((http://www.ej.ru/vision/entry/6122/ “new business” of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev)) is organized in such a way that even small victories can only be surprised and rejoiced.