Doubts of the fairness of the trial call into question the legitimacy of the conviction Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Plato Lebedev Amnesty International STATEMENT December 27, 2010 The second trial in the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, which began on March 31, 2009, ended today with the conviction: they were found guilty of theft and laundering of money while working in leadership positions in the company from 1998 to 2003.

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What wonderful, bright, different people came out today to the microphone on Pushkin Square! Passionate Magomed Tolboev, ironic Timur Shaov, reasonable and clear in arguments Valery Todorovsky, Henrietta Yanovskaya approaching the target at an angle, sarcastic and paradoxical Dmitry Bykov, Sergey Gandlevsky picking up words with habitual metaphorical force ...

Mikhail Khodorkovsky - The New Times “They lived, as they considered it proper. Now is my turn, ”said the most famous prisoner of the country Mikhail Khodorkovsky in an interview with The New Times, which he gave on the eve of the sentence in the Khamovniki court. What he is preparing himself for - he tried to understand The New Times In your last word in court, on November 2, you said: “My faith is worth my life. I think I proved it.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev were found guilty of stealing Yukos oil, the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow ruled. There, on Monday, the announcement of the verdict in the second criminal case against the ex-head of this oil company and the former head of one of its structures, MENATEP Bank, began. “The court found that Khodorkovsky and Lebedev committed the misappropriation of someone else’s property using their official position,” the verdict says, Newsru.com reports.

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The New Times report from the Khamovniki Court from the first day of the verdict 27th of December. Moscow, Khamovnichesky court. "Khamsud" - this is how bloggers have long dubbed this district court of Moscow, located in the 7th Rostovsky Lane. For almost two years it seemed unfair. And its chairman, and bailiffs, and washed corridors during these almost two years that the process was going on, left a much better impression. But not today.

http://ellustrator.livejournal.com/426962.html This is a historic day. Next - accelerated emigration from Russia, massive export of capital, lack of serious investment. Forget about innovation and modernization. It was a stupid joke from a famous blogger. Forget about justice and lawyers. Russia is firmly moving along the Moscow-Minsk-Ashgabat route. Putin's African level of corruption is far from the limit. It will be worse.

On December 24, Dmitry Medvedev summed up the results of 2010 with the chief editors of the central television channels - Konstantin Ernst, Oleg Dobrodeev and Vladimir Kulistikov. The latter came to a meeting with the president in an acid-violet tie. The tie did not allow the audience to fall asleep those 15 minutes that the president spoke of social policy, after which Medvedev moved to the comment on the direct line of Vladimir Putin.

In anticipation of the verdict on Mikhail Khodorkovsky, several hundred people gathered outside the courthouse. At some point, the police and riot police began to detain everyone who held posters with the image of Khodorkovsky in their hands.

December 27, Khamovniki Court Hall “Medvedev (on Friday, in an interview with the heads of TV channels) asked to be informed who commits similar actions. And, they say, if they are not held accountable, then this is selective justice. ( Recall that the head of NTV, V. Kulistikov, in his question to the head of state, said: “All businessmen are doing approximately what Khodorkovsky is accused of. But everyone is “soldering” only him, and even his accomplice Lebedev.

December 27, day one In anticipation of the verdict on Mikhail Khodorkovsky, several hundred people gathered outside the courthouse. At some point, the police and riot police began to detain everyone who held posters with the image of Khodorkovsky in their hands.

What wonderful, bright, different people came out today to the microphone on Pushkin Square! Passionate Magomed Tolboev, ironic Timur Shaov, reasonable and clear in arguments Valery Todorovsky, Henrietta Yanovskaya approaching the target at an angle, sarcastic and paradoxical Dmitry Bykov, Sergey Gandlevsky picking up words with habitual metaphorical force ...

Moscow paid for the next term Lukashenko After one and a half hours of the conversation, one on one Dmitry Medvedev and Alexander Lukashenko agreed on duty -free oil supply in exchange for oil. All months of the election campaign, the president of Belarus emphasized: the elections will be honest. Price - Western loans to distinguish between the Belarusian economy.

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