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Russia court rejects Khodorkovsky appeals

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The Moscow City Court on Monday rejected the appeals of former Yukos chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his former business partner Platon Lebedev. The court dismissed all appeals from the preliminary hearings concerning the second set of embezzlement, oil theft, and money laundering charges against Khodorkovsky and Lebedev except for the appeal to keep the two men in custody. The lawyer handling the appeal has stated that Khodorkovsky and Lebedev are victims of politically-motivated detention and that the petitioners intend to appeal Monday's ruling in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). In April, Moscow's Khamovniki Borough Court refused to refer the case back to prosecutors after the former business partners both pleaded not guilty to the additional charges of money laundering and embezzlement. Their lawyers also challenged the charges on grounds of insufficient evidence and technical errors. Khodorkovsky and Lebedev were initially convicted and jailed in 2005 on fraud and tax evasion charges stemming from an alleged attempt to embezzle and strip Yukos of valuable assets. They are currently serving an eight-year prison sentence and could face up to 20 additional years if convicted on the current charges.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on June 02, 2009 (boomark / email).