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Russia court denies parole for ex-Yukos oil executive
A court in the Arkhangelsk region of Russia on Wednesday denied parole for former Yukos oil executive Platon Lebedev . Lebedev and his former business partner Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] were convicted in December and (More) |
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Russia rights council urges amnesty for economic crimes that would cover Khodorkovsky
The Russia Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights urged amnesty for economic crimes in a meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [official profile; JURIST news archive] Tuesday that would include amnesty for the crimes of form (More) |
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Russia President Medvedev admits jailed lawyer was beaten to death
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev [official profile; JURIST news archive] said that the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in pre-trial was the result of criminal acts, differing from the previous explanation that had blamed prison doctors. Me (More) |
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Russia panel finds no proof of undue pressure on Khodorkovsky judge
The Russian Investigative Committee said Tuesday there is no evidence of undue pressure by superiors on the judge that sentenced former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive]. One of Khodorkovsky's main wi (More) |
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Khodorkovsky reissues parole request after court refused it for insufficient documentation
Former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday reissued an appeal for release on parole that was returned to him due to insufficient documentation. Khodorkovsky has served half of a 13-year sente (More) |
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ECHR finds insufficient proof Khodorkovsky prosecution was politically motivated
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday found that former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] did not prove his prosecution for tax evasion and fraud were politically motivated but that hi (More) |
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Russia appeals court upholds Khodorkovsky conviction, reduces sentence
The Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld the second fraud convictions [press release, in Russian; video, in Russian] of former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] and his business partner Platon Lebedev (More) |
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Khodorkovsky files appeal, seeks probe against judge
Lawyer for former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday appealed his December conviction and requested that an Investigative Committee open a probe against Judge Viktor Danilkin. In February, (More) |
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Khodorkovsky verdict product of coercion: judge's assistant
Russian Judge Viktor Danilkin, who convicted former Russian oil executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website profile; JURIST news archive] of money-laundering and embezzlement in December, did not write the verdict and was coerced into reading i (More) |
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Political motivations drove guilty verdict of second Khodorkovsky case
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 t (More) |
Netherlands becomes the first country to legalize same-sex marriage and euthanasia
On April 1, 2001, the Netherlands became the first country to legalize same-sex marriage. The nation then became the first country to legalize euthanasia on April 1, 2002.
