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  • Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: September 27 - October 1, 2010

    4 Oct 2010 | Khodorkovsky and Lebedev Communications Center

    On September 29, after more than a year and a half since the start of the trial, 280 days of hearings, 210 volumes of case materials (so far), 81 witnesses (52 summoned by the prosecution and 29 summoned by the defense) and 1 specialist (out of 8 invited by the defense and none by the prosecution), Judge Danilkin scheduled the closing arguments to begin on October 14, 2010.

  • Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: September 20 - September 24, 2010

    27 Sep 2010 | Khodorkovsky and Lebedev Communications Center

    This week saw the defense resume presenting documentary evidence. On Thursday, Mr. Khodorkovsky also made a statement to the court, offering that he and his attorneys would not participate in the closing arguments if the prosecution filed submissions acknowledging that crude oil was sold and purchased, because that was why, ultimately, YUKOS was bankrupted.

  • Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: September 13 - September 17, 2010

    20 Sep 2010 | Khodorkovsky and Lebedev Communications Center

    The trial resumed this week with Mr. Lebedev directly addressing the text of the indictment. Later in the week, Prosecutor Lakhtin began his cross-examination at the conclusion of Mr. Lebedev's testimony.

  • Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: September 6 - September 10, 2010

    13 Sep 2010 | Khodorkovsky and Lebedev Communications Center

    THis week, the trial saw Mr. Lebedev continuing to testify. At the end of the week, he spent the entire day testifying about two very important topics - the privatization of YUKOS and the withdrawal of YUKOS audit certifications by PwC.

  • Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: August 30 - September 3, 2010

    4 Sep 2010 | Khodorkovsky and Lebedev Communications Center

    On Thursday, a three judge panel of the Moscow City Court upheld the extension of Messrs. Khodorkovsky and Lebedev's arrest. After hearing from Mr. Khodorkovsky and the defense attorneys, the judges chose to leave the decision of the Khamovnicheskiy Court in place, ignoring, once again, the changes to the Criminal Procedure Code, which were made after being initiated by President Medvedev. Speaking after the hearing, Mr. Klyuvgant told reporters that defense intended to take its appeal all the way to the European Court of Human Rights if the law continued to be ignored by the Russian judicial system.