The next things that will happen are absolutely obvious to us: false and fraudulent evidence, statements by frightened or misled pseudo-witnesses, and most likely a guilty verdict. It is a shameful farce that has nothing to do with the rule of law.

The reason why all this is being done is also quite obvious. The people who invented the "Khodorkovsky case" in order to steal Yukos, the most prosperous company in Russia, are very much afraid to see me set free and want to insure themselves against the possibility of my conditional release....

They still have a potential exit strategy though, along with the opportunity to save their position and secure long-term guarantees. Their only chance is the timely and voluntary transfer of power in Russia by the means of honest, fair and transparent elections, in which the new president of our country will be elected. This new person should have nothing in common with the giant corruption machine that has paralyzed Russia, and this person should display a respect toward judicial independence....

A priori false accusations ordered by political authorities are easily stamped by investigators and signed off by the court. And the current ruling elite and power bears no shame. The court, a subservient instrument of the vertical of power, will of course deliver a guilty verdict...