Medvedev's Promises on Trial
From the start last week of the new trial of oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business associate Platon Lebedev, it was clear that justice would be trampled -- just as it was in their first trial. The Khodorkovsky affair and its damage to Russia remain Vladimir Putin's legacy, but the outcome of this prosecution will shape the presidency of Putin's successor, Dmitry Medvedev. While Medvedev pledged to further the rule of law and judicial independence, after his first year in office there has been no progress on either.
Defense lawyers and legal experts call the case against Khodorkovsky and Lebedev absurd.… Seguir leyendo »