Russia judicial reform essential: Khodorkovsky
June 16, 2009
[JURIST] Former oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] called for a reform of Russia's court system in an article [text, in Russian] published Monday in the weekly magazine Kommersant Vlast [media website, in Russian]. The jailed former Yukos [JURIST news archive]....... [more] 
Russia court rejects Khodorkovsky appeals
June 2, 2009
[JURIST] The Moscow City Court [official backgrounder] on Monday rejected the appeals of former Yukos [JURIST news archive] chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] and his former business partner Platon Lebedev [defense website]. The court dismissed all appeals [R....... [more]
Russia court orders release of former Yukos lawyer
April 22, 2009
[JURIST] A Russian court Tuesday ordered the release on parole [RIA Novosti report] of Svetlana Bakhmina, the former lawyer for Russian oil firm OAS Yukos Oil Co. [TIME backgrounder]. Bakhmina was convicted [JURIST report] of embezzlement and tax evasion in 2006 for her part in a scheme to strip ass....... [more]
New Khodorkovsky trial begins in Moscow
March 4, 2009
[JURIST] Arguments began Tuesday in the new trial of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] in a Moscow courtroom. Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev [defense website] are facing new charges [JURIST report] of embezzling and....... [more]
Khodorkovsky transferred to Moscow to face new charges
February 24, 2009
[JURIST] Former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website, JURIST news archive] was transferred to Moscow on Tuesday to face new charges [JURIST report] of embezzlement and theft, according to court officials. Platon Lebedev [defense website], Khodorkovsky's former partner at OAO Y....... [more]
Russia court extends prison term for former Yukos oil executive now in solitary
October 9, 2008
'[JURIST] A Russian court on Wednesday extended the jail term of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky until February 2009. Khodorkovsky headed the now-bankrupt Yukos Oil Co. and was sent to prison by the Russian government in 2005 to serve....... [more]
Khodorkovsky appeals parole rejection
September 1, 2008
'[JURIST] A lawyer for imprisoned Russian oil magnate Mikhail Khodorkovsky said Monday that the founder of the now-defunct Yukos oil company has appealed a Siberian court''s rejection late last month of his request for parole. RIA Novosti quoted....... [more]
Russian court denies early release for former Yukos Oil executive
August 22, 2008
'[JURIST] A Russian court on Friday rejected an application for parole made by former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who applied for early release from Krasnokamensk penal colony in July. Khodorkovsky headed the now-....... [more]
Former Yukos Oil executive applies for early release from Siberia prison
July 16, 2008
'[JURIST] Lawyers for former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky on Wednesday filed an application for his parole from the Krasnokamensk penal colony in Siberia. Khodorkovsky headed the now-bankrupt OAO Yukos Oil Co. and was sent to prison by the....... [more]
Russia top court upholds life sentence for ex-Yukos security chief
January 31, 2008
'[JURIST] The Russian Supreme Court Thursday rejected an appeal to overturn a life sentence for former Yukos security chief Alexei Pichugin for his involvement in organizing a series of contract killings. Pichugin was convicted by the Moscow City Court....... [more]
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