Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s defence team is submitting complaints against two Chita judges to higher courts and to professional bodies

Transcript of the press conference with Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s lawyers

“There are forces which will continue to make every effort not to allow the release of our client. ... their lawless acts obstruct not only us but also the President in his efforts to root out legal nihilism.”

Wednesday, 16 July, noon

Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s lawyer guesses why new charges were recently brought against his client

The investigators, it seems, actually want their actions to be classified as criminal offences

Thanking the media for their close attention, Platon Lebedev would like to correct a widespread and repeated misinterpretation of his February offer to help Aleksanyan.

The new charges pressed against Mikhail Khodorkovsky on his birthday contain nothing new

Yury Schmidt says chances are improving for Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s release on parole

Interview with Karinna Moskalenko

His lawyers suggested that he petition for parole.

Yury Schmidt comments on the proposal by Pavel Krashennikov, chairman of the Duma legislation committee, to amend the way in which time spent in pre-trial detention is deducted from a prison sentence

defence's statement

Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s defence team wishes to clarify the following, after recent statements by the Russian President

Yury Schmidt’s interview with Internet publication Izbrannoye.

Under Russian law an individual may be pardoned without admitting guilt, asserts Yury Schmidt, and without applying for a pardon.

Khodorkovsky's attorney Vadim Klyuvgant commented on judges' point of view.

The standard procedural deadlines in the Khodorkovsky-Lebedev case are about to expire.  Yury Schmidt tells The New Times what is likely to happen.

The lawyer is interviewed by Deutsche Welle

Yury Schmidt on the necessity of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s hunger strike.

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