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Quirks of Russian Courts

Details: 27 May 2011

On May 24th the court of appeal on the second case of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev was heard in the Moscow City Court. The result was predictable: the appeal was denied, though the sentence was slightly mitigated (1 year). And again it was widely condemned by the human rights organizations, world leaders and the media.

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Political Motivations Drove Guilty Verdict of Second Khodorkovsky Case

Details: 16 February 2011

Olga Khvostunova [Institute of Modern Russia]: "On the last days of December 2010 the guilty verdict in the second case of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former Russian oil tycoon, was announced at the Khamovnichesky Court in Moscow. For the second time the trial and the verdict raised questions not only of the state of country's independent judiciary, but also of Russia's "sovereign" democracy. The answer is quite obvious: they both failed.

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