Yuri Schmidt responds to the rejection of his appeals based on violations of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, stating that legitimate petitions have been rejected even while new violations have occurred.

Yuri Schmidt, a lead lawyer for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, sumbits a petition to withdraw Khodorkovsky's hearing due to violations of the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation.

Karinna Moskalenko, lawyer for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, filed an appeal of additional arguments to the Judicial Board of the Moscow City Court describing why the guilty verdict was "unlawful and groundless."

The international legal team for Mikhail Khodorkovsky details the legal violations in the Khodorkovsky and Lebedev trial.

Lawyers for Mikhail Khodorkovsky filed two additional appeals in connection with charges relating to NIUIF and the special tax zone Lesnoy.

Lawyers from Mikhail Khodorkovsky's international legal team release a statement outlining "numerous significant violations" committed in the appeals process.

Robert Amsterdam, member of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's international legal team, said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio that the Yukos case was destroying the legitimacy of the Russian government.

Attorney Yuri Schmidt says he believes Khodorkovsky and Lebedev's defence attorneys are under close surveillance, as demonstrated by Prosecutor Shokhin's prior knowledge that Genrikh Padva would be hospitalized before the first appeal hearing.