Case News and Developments
Police Brutality in Russia: Cops for Hire
The Economist comments that Russia’s police officers shoot, beat and torture civilians, confiscate businesses and take hostages; they are feared and distrusted by two-thirds of the country.
YUKOS Wins Rulings in Its Rosneft Battle
Managers of YUKOS have won injunctions in US and British courts seeking the seizure of property from Rosneft, indicating that YUKOS’ legal battle against the Russian state is far from over.
Trial Exhibition To Be Launched In Moscow
The Trial, a multimedia exhibition to be launched on March 26 in Central Moscow, features paintings by artist Alexey Kotlyarov on the absurd and boring atmosphere of Khodorkovsky-Lebedev proceedings in Russia.
Moscow City Court Upholds Right of Lawyers to Use Computers in Matrosskaya Tishina
The Moscow City Court ruled in favor of Platon Lebedev and Mikhail Khodorkovsky, upholding an earlier decision allowing the lawyers to use their laptops when visiting their clients in the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center.
Another Great Leap Forward?
The Economist comments on President Dmitry Medvedev’s modernization efforts, citing Khodorkovsky’s fate as an example of the conflict between real modernization and the vested interests of Russia’s bureaucracy.
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