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Ex-Yukos lawyer decries harsh conditions after court-ordered transfer to hospital
Incarcerated former Yukos executive and lawyer Vasily Aleksanian has been kept chained to his bed since his transfer to a Moscow hospital for medical treatment earlier this month, his lawyer said Monday. Aleksanian was initially denied medical t (More) |
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Khodorkovsky ends hunger strike as ex-Yukos lawyer transferred to hospital
Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] ended a nearly two-week long hunger strike Monday as former Yukos executive and lawyer Vasily Aleksanian [defense website; JURIST news archive] was confirmed to ha (More) |
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Russia prison to transfer ex-Yukos lawyer to clinic for medical treatment
Former Yukos executive and lawyer Vasily Aleksanian [defense website; statement] will be transferred from jail to a civilian clinic for medical treatment, Russia's Federal Penitentiary Service said Thursday. The announcement apparently reverses (More) |
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Russia court denies medical release for jailed ex-Yukos lawyer
A Russian court Wednesday denied former Yukos executive and lawyer Vasily Aleksanian [defense website; statement] temporary release from jail to receive medical treatment, even as the trial was suspended to allow him to be treated for health issues. (More) |
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Russia top court upholds life sentence for ex-Yukos security chief
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 i (More) |
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Khodorkovsky on hunger strike to protest denial of medical care for ex-Yukos lawyer
Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] said Wednesday that he would begin a hunger strike to protest denial of medical treatment to Vasily Aleksanian , an imprisoned former executive and lawyer at the (More) |
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Khodorkovsky Case Update: Politics Increasingly Transparent
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Robert Amsterdam, international defense counsel for Russian billionaire and former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, imprisoned in Siberia for tax fraud after a controversial trial and now facing money laundering charges, (More) |
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Russia top court upholds new Khodorkovsky investigation
The Russian Supreme Court has overruled a lower court decision that had held that a new investigation into the activities of Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky [defense website; JURIST news archive] and his partner Platon Lebedev was illegal. Th (More) |
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Yukos legally ceases to exist after Moscow court action
The bankruptcy administrator for the embattled Russian oil company Yukos [corporate website; JURIST news archive] announced Thursday that the company no longer legally exists. The Moscow Arbitration Court completed Yukos' liquidation this month (More) |
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Russia arrest of former Yukos exec violated rights convention: Europe court
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday ruled [judgment; press release] that Russia's arrest and pre-trial detention of former Yukos executive Platon Lebedev violated Lebedev's right to liberty and security under Article 5 of (More) |
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg sentenced to death for spying
On April 5, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death after a treason trial in which they were convicted of passing atomic secrets to the Soviet Union.
Learn more about the Rosenberg trial.
