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DEFENCE | APPEALS

April 7, 2008

Yury Schmidt: 'There was no reason to expect a miracle'

Moscow City Court rejects appeal on a point of law by the defence team.

April 7, 2008

The legendary 20 May 2007 ruling of the Basmanny Court is still in the news

The judges of the Moscow City Court will for a fifth time scrutinise the legality or otherwise of conducting the investigation in Chita. A hearing is announced.

April 4, 2008

Yury Schmidt: 'In this event, in accordance with the law and with justice, the judge should resign.'

Documents for 7 April.

December 22, 2007

'We petition for the criminal investigation to be closed'

On Saturday at 1 pm in Chita (local time) Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev and their lawyers had to stop reading the case materials. In Moscow they submitted a petition for the investigation to be closed.

October 12, 2007

'The presidium must decline the supervisory motion'

The press centre has now published in full the decision issued on 16 September by the presidium of the Moscow City Court. It is the third successive judicial body to rule that the 20 March 2007 decision of the Basmanny district court is lawful and substantiated.

September 18, 2007

The Investigative Committee is petitioned

Khodorkovksy and Lebedev should have been transferred to Moscow long ago, their lawyers remind the authorities.

September 10, 2007

The Court declines to use its powers

The Moscow City Court has also now read Article 125 of the Code of criminal procedure but decided in favour of the Prosecutor General’s office.

July 12, 2007

Investigation forces Khodorkovsky, Lebedev and their defence to review the case files in Chita.

July 10, 2007

Two articles violated. Three people involved in the case.

Lebedev’s defence filed charges against officers in the prosecutor's office.

June 28, 2007

Divide and rule

The Prosecutor General’s office was allowed to stick to its strategy of splitting up the Yukos case. On June 26, the Basmanny court dismissed M. Khodorkovsky’s defence’s appeal against the separation of the criminal case from the other one.

June 27, 2007

Basmanny court backs down

The court dismissed Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s defence’s appeal.

June 1, 2007

SUPPLEMENTARY ARGUMENTS to the Complaint, pursuant to Article 125 of the RF CCP, of 28 March 2007 from Karinna Moskalenko

April 13, 2007

On April 16, at 3 in the afternoon in courtroom # 422

The Moscow Court will clear if the Basmanny Court can defend Khodorkovsky and Lebedev. (Defence's docs are enclosed)

March 1, 2007

Lawyers have new objections before the Basmanny Court

The Basmanny Court also has on its roster postponed ones.

February 21, 2007

'The General Procuracy did not find evidence of Khodorkovsky’s and Lebedev’s guilt; it simply declared all of their activity criminal'

Defence team statement.

February 19, 2007

To the Prosecutor General’s office

Khodorkovsky’s defence-team looks for a response to its telegram at least.

February 16, 2007

You have to know where to stop

Khodorkovsky’s appeal against remand in custody to be considered on February 22.

February 8, 2007

"The actions of intimidation undertaken lately in relation to the defence lawyers ALMOST DAILY should be stopped"

Appeal by Karinna Moskalenko to the General Prosecutor's office.

‘Your letter is written in a hectoring, unacceptable tone’

Yuri Schmidt responds to prosecutor Karimov’s letter.

January 25, 2007

Mikhail Khodorkovsky is awaiting "specific and comprehensible" charges

He denounces investigatory actions before accusing (Yu.Schmidt's statement)