It's not done soon

An investigation against a group of lawyers and economists who made an expert opinion on the “second case” of Yukos, was not discontinued. This follows from the answers of the investigator in particularly important cases of the TFR A.S. Mikhailov, RBC reports .

The documents withdrawn from experts are still considered material evidence and should be stored in a criminal case, the document notes. There are currently no grounds for their return to legal owners. The need to deviate a petition for the return of material evidence showed the study of the materials of the criminal case, the investigator notes.

In May, several defendants in the case, including the former deputy head of the Center for Political and Economic Studies at the Higher School of Economics, Mikhail Subbotin, petitioned for the return of documents and things withdrawn during searches. They did it on purpose to make sure that the statements of the closing of the case are convinced. The investigator’s response indicates that the “case of experts” continues to live, claims to scientists have not been removed, Subbotin notes. He intends to appeal the refusal.

Another person involved in the case, the chairman of the non -profit partnership of promoting the protection of the business "Business Salidarity" Yana Yakovlev believes that material evidence is stored for the sake of the possibility of resuming the investigation in the Yukos case.

“As the investigators told us, when the lawyer and I went to the survey, he is carried out as part of the theft of shares of Apatit OJSC in 2003. Therefore, I suppose, investigators can, without limiting the statute of limitations, investigate this case and keep documents, although they may suspend active actions in this case,” said Yakovleva.

On May 5, Interfax with reference to the "source familiar with the situation" said that the "case of experts of Yukos" was discontinued . “The investigation did not find a crime in the actions of scientists who participated in the examination in the“ second case of Yukos ”, and also advocated the liberalization of the Criminal Code,” the source noted. “Investigators did not have evidence of the selfish motive in the actions of experts, which, in particular, promoted the idea of ​​mitigating the punishment for economic crimes. Although some of them really received a reward from structures financed by financial Former leaders of Yukos. "

The "case of experts" on financing attempts to change criminal legislation in favor of Khodorkovsky from the funds received from the sale of "stolen" oil from the beginning of 2011 . According to the investigation, the head of the Center for Legal and Economic Research, Elena Novikova, disposed of this money. It was reported that about 15 specialists are held in the case , who prepared an independent expert opinion on the second sentence to the former head of the oil company Mikhail Khodorkovsky and ex-head of Menatep Platon Lebedev.

On May 29, 2013, it became known about the resignation of Sergey Guriev from the post of rector of the Russian economic school and posts in large Russian companies. The TFR confirmed that the economist was recently interrogated in the Yukos case. Guriev left for France and stated that he would not return to Russia until there was a threat to his freedom .

On December 19, 2013, at a press conference, during which Vladimir Putin announced the upcoming pardon of Khodorkovsky, the president said that he did not see the "special prospects" of this business and threats for anyone in connection with him. At the same time, Putin denied that in connection with this criminal case, experts emigrate from Russia. According to the president, people remain abroad, because they have found a new job or to reunite with relatives.