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TRIAL
| THE CASE
October 22, 2005
The Moscow City Court upheld the guilty verdict issued by Meshchansky Court, with a one year reduction of the prison term
September 22, 2005: The Moscow City Court concluded its hearings into the appeal filed by Mikhail Khodorkovsky. After considering the case materials and positions presented by both the defence and the prosecution, Judge Vyacheslav Tarasov and his two colleagues reached their decision in just one hour. Ultimately, the Moscow City Court upheld the guilty verdict issued by Meshchansky Court, with a one year reduction of the prison term
May 16, 2005
Court Decision in the part of Mr. Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky, Mr. Platon Leonidovich Lebedev and Mr. Andrey Vladimirovich Kraynov accusation of fraudulent acquisition of the shares of Open Stock Company «Apatit»
May 16: Court Decision posted at the Procuracy General's website
May 16, 2005
Guilty Verdict
May 16, 2005: After a lengthy recess, the proceedings into the long-awaited ruling in this case got underway. Judgement in respect of M.B.Khokorkovsky, P.L.Lebedev and A.V.Kraynov (extracts) posted at of the Procuracy General's website
The Bill of Indictment
In June 2003, the Procuracy General of the Russian Federation launched a series of politically motivated criminal investigations aimed at crushing Khodorkovsky’s success. Platon Lebedev, Khodorkovsky’s business partner, was the first to be arrested in July 2003. A month later, authorities had arrested a total of eight former or current employees of MENATEP, Yukos, and other related companies. This campaign of “intimidation through arrest” reached its zenith on October 25, 2003 with the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
According to the sentence of
the Moscow City Court,
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
will be released in
1151 days
DAYS IN CUSTODY:
Mikhail Khodorkovsky
1770
Platon Lebedev
1885
Svetlana Bakhmina
1362
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16 July 2008
“The investigators are falsifying the evidence”
Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s letter to the Ingodinsky district court in Chita
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18 May 2008
'I’m constantly reminded that I’m in jail until further notice'
Mikhail Khodorkovsky answers questions posed by The Sunday Times.
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22 April 2008
'I do not believe he has committed any crimes for which he should be in prison'
Andrey Illarionov, the economist, expresses his views on the “Khodorkovsky affair” during an online interview as part of the “Outcomes of Putin” project, in the editorial offices of Gazeta.ru.
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21 March 2008
“As a Russian citizen I am proud of Misha. As his mother I fear for him every day.”
Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s mother Marina Philippovna talks to Anna Zebrowska of the Polish daily Gazeta Wyborcza.
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7 February 2008
Interview with Mikhail Khodorkovsky
conducted by Neil Buckley, Financial Times, in the Chita Region Court.
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30 January 2008
Mikhail Khodorkovsky declares hunger strike in support of Vasily Aleksanyan
Khodorkovsky's declaration addressed to the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation.
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27 December 2007
'The authorities of the Russian Federation have truly brought me to the brink of the grave by their actions'
Statement from Vasily Aleksanyan.
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22 December 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.
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25 October 2007
What next?
Defence Attorney Yury Schmidt responds to our questions.
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7 February 2007
'I am not at all sure whether Putin is going to thank them for that'
Statement by Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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'They have decided to do everything they can to keep me behind bars as long as possible.'
Mikhail Khodorkovsky's statement challenging the investigation team.
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