Bakhmin told how she was serving a conclusion in the Mordovian colony and how she was released
Former Yukos lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina, ahead of schedule from the colony, gave a new interview. She talked about life in the colony, about the people with whom she had to face there, about why she wrote a petition for pardon and what was the most difficult in prison. Bakhmina intends to continue legal practice and help women with children convicted of minor crimes. “The colony ... it was a real shock. I was brought to Mordovia in early winter, only the snow fell, it was cold.