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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) |
Bruno Hauptmann executed for kidnap, murder of Lindbergh baby
On April 3, 1936, Bruno Hauptmann was executed by electric chair for the kidnapping and murder of the Charles Lindbergh baby.
Read more about the trial of Bruno Hauptmann in JURIST's Famous Trials series.
