Previous Trials & Proceedings
Khodorkovsky's arrest was conducted by masked special forces troops armed with automatic weapons - and Lebedev was detained from his hospital bed. These circumstances proved to be a harbinger of how the state-run judiciary would approach the case.
"Basmanny justice," a reference to the Basmanny District Court of the City of Moscow where Khodorkovsky was taken after his arrest, has now entered the lexicon as a phrase describing Russia's subservient judicial system, where judges are fired for issuing rulings not to the government's liking, and where rule of law is largely unknown.
Khodorkovsky & Lebedev Trials
The circumstances of the arrest of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev proved to be indicative of how their case would be tried.
European Court of Human Rights Cases
Information on pending cases before the European Court of Human Rights.
Other Trials & Proceedings
A number of countries have found the cases brought by the Russian government against Khodorkovsky, Lebedev and others to be politically motivated and fundamentally flawed.