All Posts Tagged With: "Khamovnichesky Court"

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Police Pressure Court Aide as Witnesses Step Forward

Reports are trickling in that corroborate accusations of a Khamovnichesky Court aide that the Khodokovsky verdict wasn’t written by the presiding judge.

Feb 17, 2011 | Continued
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Aide Says Khodorkovsky Verdict Was ‘Made to Order’

In an interview with Gazeta.ru, an aide to the judge who convicted Mikhail Khodorkovsky last Christmas claims that the judge was pressured into writing the verdict by high-level Russian officials.

Feb 14, 2011 | Continued
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Court Won’t Call Putin as Witness in Khodorkosvky Case

Moscow’s Khamovnichesky Court says that despite testimony that Prime Minister Vladimir Putin admitted that the case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky was politically motivated, it finds no legal basis on which to subpoena him.

May 28, 2010 | Continued
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Khodorkovsky’s Hunger Strike Puts Spotlight on Medvedev

Jailed oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky has announced a hunger strike to protest what he says is an unlawful court ruling to extend his term in a pretrial detention center for another three months.

May 18, 2010 | Continued
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Prosecution Rests in Exhaustive Khodorkovsky Case

After thirteen months and fifty-one witnesses, the prosecution has concluded its presentation of evidence in the second court case against jailed oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who will take the stand in his own defense in early April.

Mar 30, 2010 | Continued