Weekly Summaries
Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: March 1 – March 4, 2010
This week, one witness sought to escape the pressures of the courtroom after his credibility was placed into question by giving contradictory testimony. Arguing a change in personal feelings towards Messrs. Khodorkovsky and Lebedev, Mr. Anilionis convinced the court to postpone his cross-examination until March 15. The other witness, a former member of the PwC team that audited YUKOS, was clear that at no time the alleged embezzlement of the entire YUKOS crude oil production ever came up during his team’s audit of the company.
Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: February 24 - February 27, 2010
In a shortened week that saw a rare Saturday hearing, one witness took to the witness stand. Mr. Gitas Anilionis, former Executive Director of SP RTT, was questioned for one and a half days and spent one and a half days listening to his own testimony from pre-trial interrogations and his testimony at the Malahovsky/Pereverzin trial, including informative audiotapes of his interrogations by investigator Karimov.
Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: February 8 - February 12, 2010
This week, for the third time since August of last year, the court extended Messrs. Khodorkovsky and Lebedev's pre-trial arrest custody by three months, set to expire on May 17, 2010.
Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: February 1 - February 5, 2010
Mr. Pavel Maliy continued to give testimony and Ms. Elena Timoshenko also took to the stand. As Mr. Khodorkovsky noted, the prosecution continued to focus on everything but crude oil, which only gave more weight to suspicions that they are using the courtroom as an interrogation room to collect evidence for another case.
Weekly Report of Trial Proceedings: January 25 – January 29, 2010
Mr. Golubovich continued to give testimony this week. Mr. Lebedev also filed a motion asking the court to exclude seven interrogation transcripts citing violations of the Criminal Procedure Code.
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