One of the leaders of the oppositional YABLOKO
party Sergei Ivanenko gave the following commentaty to the
Interfax agency on the guilty verdict to Mikhail Khodorkovsky
and Platon Lebedev. “The guilty verdict is logical for the
system we have in Russia at present”.
“This verdict demonstrates that there are no discrepancies
in the ruling tandem. The bureaucratic, authoritarian and
punitive system is maintained in our country,” said Ivanenko.
“The Khodorkovsky case is not only a political case, it shows
that the discrepancy between the reality and the decisions
made by the authorities has become increasingly obvious to
most of the people,” he added.
YABLOKO’s leader Sergei Mitrokhin told Interfax, "It
looks like the verdict will be obviously unjust. Any guilt
on such a charge is absurd in itself. It is unclear how YUKOS
could steal oil from itself".
"The first sentence Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon
Lebedev have been serving demonstrated some attempt to display
at least a facade of justice, however, this was completely
abolished in the second trial. It has already turned from
selective application of justice into a means of reprisal,”
Mitrokhin noted.
See also:
The
YUKOS case
Human
Rights
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