Give Freedom to Hodorkovskiy!!!

Lessie

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KHODORKOVSKY: Millions of Eyes Are Watching with the Hope that Russian Will One Day Be Free
"http://khodorkovsky.ru/documents/2010/11/02/13762/"


Today, 2 November 2010 Mihail Hodorkovskiy said his last word.. in his second lawsuit.
It was a historical speech. His words were truth and brave, he said them to a people who want to give him another big term in a prison. For the crime that he hasn’t done.

Particulary he said that the struggle for the Justice for him and Platon Lebedev became a symbol of a struggle in Russia with a lawlessness and high-handedness..



I haven’t find any news about it in English information sources. I wonder why?

Here the English version of his speech translated from Russian source “Khodorkovsky & Lebedev Communications Center”:
KHODORKOVSKY: Millions of Eyes Are Watching with the Hope that Russian Will One Day Be Free | Khodorkovsky & Lebedev Communications Center


The full speech (English)
http://www.khodorkovskycenter.com/s...f MBK - Final (English) 2nd November 2010.pdf
 

bill barilko

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So the crooks who once robbed the country blind are now stuck in jail-why should anyone care?

This vid encapsulates my feelings for those 'unfortunates'.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMwXPueu-RM[/media]
 

Lessie

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http://beta.ca.news.yahoo.com/jaile...orkovsky-sentenced-6-20101230-052905-003.html

"MOSCOW - Jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky was sentenced to six more years in prison Thursday following a trial seen as payback for his defiance of Vladimir Putin's power.
Judge Viktor Danilkin sentenced Khodorkovsky to fourteen years after convicting him of stealing oil from his own company and laundering the proceeds, but the judge said the new sentence is counted from his 2003 arrest and includes his previous term in jail. Khodorkovsky is in the final year of an eight-year prison sentence.
Putin, now prime minister, is seen as the driving force behind the trial of Khodorkovsky, who challenged him during his presidency. Eyeing a return to the presidency in 2012, Putin appears unwilling to risk the possibility that a freed Khodorkovsky could help lead his political foes.
Following his 20-month second trial, the judge convicted Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev on charges of stealing around $27 billion worth of the oil that his Yukos company produced from 1998 to 2003 and laundering the proceeds. Defence lawyers said much of the judge's verdict was copied from the indictment and the prosecutors' final arguments.
The judge also sentenced Lebedev to fourteen years.

The defence called the charges ridiculous, saying they reflected the lack of understanding of the oil business, including the payment of transit fees and export duties.

The outcome of the second trial exposes how little has changed under President Dmitry Medvedev despite his promises to strengthen the rule of law and make courts an independent branch of government. The Russian Foreign Ministry has dismissed Western criticism of the trial as unacceptable pressure."



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Lessie

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