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June 10, 2008

On Tuesday Le Figaro used this title to describe a meeting between Khodorkovsky’s mother Marina and Herve Mariton of the ruling UMP party.

June 5, 2008

Khodorkovsky case has to be looked into again

Press Release Holger Haibach, Deputy Head of the Human Rights Committee of the German Bundestag.

June 2, 2008

Foreign minister requested meeting

Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German minister of foreign affairs, has met with Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s lawyer Yury Schmidt.

February 8, 2008

’If this true, then we welcome the development’

Washington hopes for Vasily Aleksanyan to have access to civil medicine.

October 26, 2007

'Khodorkovsky’s trial must be monitored by the Council of Europe'

MEP Marieluise Beck, chair of the Greens in the German Bundestag, has issued the statement.

October 26, 2007

The selective application of law damages Russia

Members of the UK Parliament about the fourth anniversary of the incarceration of Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky.

October 18, 2007

US Congress calls for tough questions over Yukos

American investors lost 6.7 billion dollars in the Yukos affair.

August 24, 2007

'For the first time, Switzerland refuses legal assistance to another state, apart from extradition requests, on grounds of human rights violations'

The Swiss court will not give Russia bank documents related to Yukos case.

August 17, 2007

To Canberra

Australian Senator remembered 'Khodorkovsky case'.

July 20, 2007

'The charges are magnificently implausible'

Washington Post calls Mikhail Khodorkovsky a political prisoner.

May 4, 2007

'They have to face new charges in order to avoid early release'

The Human Rights Commissioner of the Federal Government Gunter Nooke (Christian Democratic Party) about the new Khodorkovsky-Lebedev case.

February 27, 2007

‘Violations of legal principles undoubtedly have a political slant’

Bundestag deputies are worried about the Khodorkovsky case and the cases of other Russian prisoners.

February 21, 2007

'I genuinely believe him a political prisoner'

The Chairman of the US Congress Committee on Foreign Affairs, Tom Lantos, believes that Khodorkovsky case casts ‘a very long shadow’ over Russia’s reputation.

February 9, 2007

“That Khodorkovsky has been kept in prison under miserable conditions for years is unacceptable”

Guido Westerwelle, the chairman of the Free Democratic Party, says Chancellor should discuss case with Putin.

February 6, 2007

"The conduct of Russian authorities in the Khodorkovsky Yukos affair has eroded Russia's reputation"

Washington criticises new charges against Khodorkovsky and Lebedev.

January 11, 2007

'They are political prisoners who deserve at least a minimum of human rights and rule of law.'

Statement of Gunter Nooke, commissioner for human rights of Angela Merkel.

November 20, 2006

“Schroeder has closed his eyes”

Former German Justice Minister Sabina Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger sharply criticized former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for saying: “[In Germany] we nick tax evaders as well. However, we do not have Siberia at our disposal.”

November 9, 2006

Tom Lantos is not indifferent to the Khodorkovsky case

The US’s new Congress promises a new approach to Russia.

September 4, 2006

’We must defend human rights, even if we face problems in doing so’

September 4, 2006

Nothing is forgotten

Lars Thunnel, head of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), believes that the volume of foreign investment in Russia would have been much greater if it hadn’t been for the Yukos case.