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.

Bob Amsterdam, a member of Khodorkovsky's international legal team, spoke on the panel "The Yukos Case and the Russian Economy" during a two-day Russian Symposium in Berlin, Germany. Deutschland Radio carried excerpts and analysis of his comments, during which Amsterdam compared Khodorkovsky's trial to Stalin's show trials.

Defence attorney Yuri Schmidt says efforts by prison officials to deny that Mikhail Khodorkovsky has gone on a hunger strike are "additional examples of cynicism and incompetence by state officials."

Mikhail Khodorkovsky was transferred on August 9 from building # 4 to building # 1 of the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center. He now shares a cell with 11 other inmates where he is not permitted to receive any newspapers or watch TV. Defence attorney Genrikh Padva responds by calling the transfer "an outrage upon justice."

Defence attorney Vladimir Krasnov discusses the process of studying court records in preparation for the appeal.

Bob Amsterdam, a lawyer on the Khodorkovsky defence team, discusses how rule of law is the most important freedom.

Khodorkovsky attorney Yuri Schmidt discusses the timing of the new charges expected to be brought against Khodorkovsky and Lebedev.

Yuri Schmidt, lawyer for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, says the smear campaign against Khodorkovsky "revives the worst moments of Soviet history," and vows to fight against the unfair sentence and restore the honor and reputation of his client.

In an interview with Karavan magazine, Khodorkovsky attorney Aton Drel shares his perspectives on the verdict and describes some of the unique challenges faced by a lawyer in the most significant trial in Russia's post-Soviet history.

Genrikh Padva, lead attorney for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, discusses the verdict in an interview with Ekho Moskvy radio and gives his perspective of the biased nature of the trial. As an experienced lawyer who started practicing the year Stalin died in 1953, Mr. Padva says he has never seen the Russian judicial system in worse condition.

Khodorkovsky’s lawyer Anton Drel supported the appeal by Vladimir Kolesnikov, Deputy Prosecutor General, about the inadmissibility of putting pressure on the court that is handling the case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev.

Yuri Schmidt commented on the continued reading of the verdict in the Khodorkovsky trial, saying "The analysis was astonishingly verbose and described an enormous number of circumstances that are completely irrelevant to the substance of the charges.

Yuri Schmidt, defence lawyer for Khodorkovsky makes a statement on how the trial sentence is already clear as the court’s every action points toward guilty.

Following the first day of the reading of the judgement in the case, Robert Amsterdam, John Pappalardo and Sandy Saunders took questions from the press and discussed the possibility of a guilty verdict and the new charges being brought against Khodorkovsky.

During a break in the court session, Yuri Schmidt, lawyer for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, came outside during a break where members of the press were waiting and answered their questions on the reading of the sentence.

Defence attorney Yuri Schmidt comments on the statement from the General Prosecutors' Office that new charges may be filed against Khodorkovsky and Lebedev.

Verdict Postponed: On the day when the verdict was expected to be delivered in the Khodorkovsky and Lebedev trial, defence attorney Anton Drel discussed the postponement and the circumstances surrounding the case in an extensive interview, including commentary and questions from listeners, on Radio Liberty.

Khodorkovsky made his last plea. Judge Irina Kolesnikova announced that a sentence would be announced on April 27. Genrikh Padva, a lawyer for Khodorkovsky, describes Khodorkovsky's final plea after the court session.

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