Weekly Summaries
Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: August 23 - August 27, 2010
This week saw the start of Platon Lebedev's testimony. He started by presenting the court with detailed descriptions of how GML, YUKOS and its subsidiaries interacted. Also called to the stand this week by the defense was Mr. Tagirzyan Gilmanov, former Executive Director of key YUKOS asset Yuganskneftegaz.
Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: August 16 - August 20, 2010
This week started with Judge Danilkin ruling in favor of the prosecution's motion to again extend Khodorkovsky and Lebedev's arrest. In what has become a ritual every three months, their detention was extended until November 17, 2010. The defense also motioned to question John Romanelli, a specialist who has over 30 years of experience in the banking industry. However, Judge Danilkin agreed with protests from the prosecution to have Romanelli disqualified.
Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: August 9 - August 13, 2010
The major event this week was the government asking to extend Messrs. Khodorkovsky and Lebedev's arrest. Also this week, in an attempt to intimidate all witnesses contemplating appearing at the trial, the government made an attempt to serve a subpoena on Mr. Stephen Wilson, a British citizen who testified for the defense.
Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: August 2 - August 6, 2010
This week started with Judge Danilkin denying two defense motions to add documents to the case materials. The defense then presented witness Mr. Igor Vasiliadis, who had worked closely with YUKOS for over 5 years, Ms. Inessa Dobrodeeva, Mr. Lebedev's secretary from MFO MENATEP, and Mr. Farid Khamidullin, former General Manager of the Tatarstan branch office of Trading House YUKOS-M.
Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: July 26 - July 29, 2010
This week saw several witnesses called, many former employees of YUKOS, who confirmed the company's organization and refuted the charges against Khodorkovsky and Lebedev.
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