Statements of support from the Council of Europe, PACE and heads of state -
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putin is a prime ex. of nwo -
nothing can get him to be a human -
to rob Yukos from all assets it was his prime goal -
to be bolshevikz to destroy priv. enterprice the target -
to be bureaucrat with only bureaucracy long fingerz -
only for their own golden umbrellaz his goal -
he knows all he put in the russian jails will get TB -
Aids, killed by ratz from inside etc. and can't ever come
out alive -
and he can continue with his russian caviar for spetznazez -
the nwo 666-kgbz super red -
what a human disgrace to history of mankind -
the red iron curtainz are back with putinz-666-kgbzratz -
and copycatz ratz -
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February 9, 2007: The Chairman of the German Free Democratic Party, Guido Westerwelle, has publicly called on German Chancellor Angela Merkel to support Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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November 20, 2006: Sabina Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, the former German Minister of Justice, criticized former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder for “damaging the democratic development of Russia by mocking… victims of the insufficient rule of law, such as Mikhail Khodorkovsky.” Read more »
October 19, 2006: In an open letter to Vladimir Putin, Graham Watson MEP, head of the European Parliaments Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), spelled out his concerns about the rapid decline in freedom and democracy in Russia. He specifically noted that ALDE is “deeply concerned” about the incarceration of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Read more »
October 6, 2006: The Committee on Economic Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) issued a report on September 18 titled “Europe’s interest in the continued economic development of Russia.” On October 4, PACE’s Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights proposed amendments to the report acknowledging that the Russian Federation has ignored suggestions regarding the treatment of former YUKOS executives, including Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Read more »
August 4, 2006: An Early Day Motion has been tabled in the British Parliament expressing concern regarding the conditions in which Platon Lebedev has been imprisoned. The motion recognizes that Lebedev is seriously ill and calls on Russia to follow the recommendations of the Council of Europe and provide Lebedev an immediate independent medical examination. Read the Early Day Motion »
August 3, 2006: German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized Russian authorities for the conditions in which Mikhail Khodorkovsky is being held in a Siberian prison. She stated the German government will continue to attentively observe Khodorkovsky's situation. Read more »
July 11, 2006: The Project on Transitional Democracies released an open letter to the G7 nations, signed by policy-makers, opinion-leaders, intellectuals and Nobel Laureates from Europe and the US. The letter calls on the G7 leaders to raise issues of justice, freedom and diplomacy directly with Putin at the Summit in St. Petersburg this weekend. Read more »
July 3, 2006: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung published an interview with the former German Minister of Justice, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, in which she claims that foreign governments “should make unmistakably clear to Putin that he is responsible for the lives of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev.” She also claims that the treatment of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev shows that, “with regards to the rule of law and human rights, Russia is going backwards.” Read more »
July 3, 2006: Two prominent European politicians, Bundestag Member Marieluise Beck and Member of the European Parliament Milan Horáček, issued statements emphasizing the importance of monitoring Russia’s behaviour and denouncing the deficiencies in the area of human rights highlighted by the Lebedev case. Read more »
December 22, 2005: On October 27, 2005, the Press Club of France hosted a joint press conference of Khodorkovsky lawyer Yuri Schmidt, French philosopher Andre Glucksmann and French lawyer Patrick Klugman. The press conference announced the creation of a Khodorkovsky Support Committee in France. "Khodorkovsky is a prisoner of the 'power vertical'," Glucksmann said. Read more »
December 15, 2005: The European Parliament passes a resolution on human rights in Russia and the new NGO legislation. The resolution also mentions the trials of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev as evidence of growing government influence over the judicial system. Read the resolution »
December 13, 2005: Vitautas Landsbergis, a Lithuanian member of the European Parliament, said that the European Union could consider Russia “not ready” for WTO accession due to the "notorious YUKOS affair." Read more »
December 8, 2005: Thirty-one members of the European Parliament sign a letter wishing Platon Lebedev, Khodorkovsky's former business partner, a happy 49th birthday. Also within the letter, the members address the issues surrounding Lebedev's incarceration and state that "...political motives or Government interests should not intervene into court rulings in any state and under any circumstances ... A fair and impartial court system which is trusted by the citizens is fundamental for democracy." Download the letter »
December 1, 2005: An Estonian Member of the Parliament, Tunne Kelam, speaks out on behalf of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. He called upon the European Commission and EU Council at a parliamentary session to take note of the unfair charges and demanded a new and fair trial for both Khodorkovsky and Lebedev. Read more »
November 29, 2005: German politician Otto von Habsburg said the Khodorkovsky case was one example of President Putin "bringing back Stalinism in Russia." Read more »
November 29, 2005: Wolfgang Bosbach, Deputy Chairman of the Christian Democrats in Germany's Bundestag, told Nezavisimaya Gazeta he doubted that the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky followed due process. Read more »
November 23, 2005: UK Ambassador to Russia Tony Brenton says in an address to the Second Moscow Business Dialogue that the YUKOS case has created big problems between the private business and the authorities. Read more »
November 15, 2005: Former Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel and seven other former world leaders send a letter to President Putin expressing "trepidation and fear" regarding human rights and freedoms in Russia, citing the cases of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev and Svetlana Bakhmina as examples of the government's attempts to "silence its critics and remove political opponents." Read more »
October 27, 2005: A support group for Mikhail Khodorkovsky in France was launched to campaign for his status as a political prisoner. Read more »
October 6, 2005: On the occasion of Chancellor Schröder's "birthday visit" to President Putin, Hermann Gröhe, Germany's CDU/CSU-Spokesperson on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid, says Russia has violated international standards of human rights with regard to treatment of Platon Lebedev. Download the statement »
October 6, 2005: The Legal Affairs and Human Rights Committee in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe expresses its alarm over the "alleged ill-treatment" of Platon Lebedev. The committee urgently recommends Russian authorities allow Lebedev to exercise his right "to be examined by a doctor he trusts, and to receive the medicine he needs." Read more »
October 4, 2005: Graham Watson, leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) in the European Parliament, call on EU leaders to raise issues of rule of law and democracy with President Putin, citing the YUKOS-Khodorkovsky case as an example of the Russian authorities violating international standards of human rights and rule of law. Download the statement »
September 11, 2005: Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, former German Justice Minister and Special Rapportuer on the YUKOS case from the Council of Europe, comments on Mikhail Khodorkovsky's interview to Süddeutsche Zeitung and says she supports his further engagement in Russian politics. Read more »
September 8, 2005: Former German Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberg issues a press release on the occasion of President Putin's visit to Germany, saying Chancellor Schröder's blanket support of President Putin has helped promote "the increased 'Sovietization' of Russia." Read more »
September 7, 2005: Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberg, former German Justice Minister and Rapporteur from the Council of Europe on the YUKOS case, issues a press release ahead of President Putin's visit to Germany, criticizing Chancellor Schröder's silence on the sentencing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky in a trial she called "a fierce act of revenge" by the Russian President. Read more »
July 21, 2005: UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office Human Rights Report Outlines Concerns with the Khodorkovsky Trial: The 2005 Human Rights Annual Report, presented to Parliament, contains information on Putin's crackdown regarding the international financing of NGO's, as well as expressed concerns with the many serious procedural violations of the Khodorkovsky/Lebedev trial. Download the excerpts » or Download the entire annual report »
July 7, 2005: Financial Times Deutschland speaks with Dr. Otto Graf Lambsdorff, former German Minister of Economics and Group MENATEP advisory board member, about Russia's membership in the G8. Read the interview »
June 22, 2005: The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopts a report submitted on June 3rd by its Monitoring Committee which criticizes Russia for its slow progress towards fulfilling its commitments to the Assembly and for ongoing human rights violations. The report also says the trial of the YUKOS executives "strongly suggest[s] there is a clear case of non-conformity with the rule of law," and that the previous resolution by the Assembly (1418) on the YUKOS case "went unheeded and new allegations of rule of law violations are reported." Download the report »
June 15, 2005: The 7th report of the Federal Government of Germany on its "Human Rights Policy with Regards to Foreign Relations" concludes that Russia's human rights situation is fraught with "many deficits," citing the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other YUKOS executives as an example of investigations started "arbitrarily and for personal reasons." Download the report »
June 9, 2005: Dr. Otto Count Lambsdorff, honorary chairman of Germany's Liberal Democratic Party (FDP), denounces the verdict in the trial of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and says Russia has weakened its investment climate and thrown into question its rightful participation in the G8 and WTO. Download the transcript »
June 6, 2005: A survey released by the Aspen Institute Berlin revealed a majority of elites in Europe and the U.S. are worried about Russia's retreat from democracy and believe the prosecution of Mikhail Khodorkovsky is "problematic for the West." Read more »
June 2, 2005: FDP-Honorary Chairman Otto Count Lambsdorff criticises Russian policy in an interview published in Handelsblatt, a leading German daily business publication. Download the transcript »
June 1, 2005: Following yesterday's sentencing, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Member of the FDP-Steering Committee and former Federal Justice Minister of Germany, and the Honorary FDP-Party Chairman Otto Count Lambsdorff proclaimed "There is no security, but arbitrariness in Russia." Download the transcript »
June 1, 2005: Malcolm Bruce, MP, comments on the Khodorkovsky ruling, claiming "The trial and sentencing to nine years in a labour camp of Mikhail Khodorkovsky raises grave questions about Russia's commitment to the defence of human rights." Download the transcript »
June 1, 2005: Gernot Erler, Government Commissioner for German-Russian Relations and German President Schröder's advisor on Russia, released a statement condemning the sentencing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, saying "Russia's Civil Society is the Loser." Download the transcript »
May 31, 2005: Graham Watson, the Liberal Democrat Group leader in the European Parliament, said Khodorkovsky was singled out by President Putin for his political activities. "His sentence today to nine years in prison after a show-trial is further proof that Russia rejects liberal and democratic values," Watson said. Read more »
May 31, 2005: German Green MEP Milan Horacek, a member of the European Parliament's human rights and foreign affairs committees, expressed horror at the outcome of the Khodorkovsky-Lebedev trial, stating "The European Union, its member states and the free media have a specific duty to reject the exhaustion tactics used by the Basmanny court." Download the transcript »
May 31, 2005: Former Federal Justice Minister of Germany and Council of Europe Rapporteur on the Khodorkovsky case, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, declares "the enemies of the rule of law have won" in the conviction and sentencing of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. Download the press release »
May 24, 2005: Milan Horacek, Member of the European Parliament, reported to the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament after his visit to the Meshchansky Court in Moscow on May 16, 2005, to observe the delivery of the verdict to Khodorkovsky and Lebedev. Download the report »
May 17, 2005: Former Federal Justice Minister of Germany and Council of Europe Rapporteur for the Khodorkovsky case, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger comments on the verdict against Mikhail Khodorkovsky, founder of YUKOS Oil. Download the transcript »
May 16, 2005: European Parliament's Representative arrives to observe delivery of a verdict to Khodorkovsky and Lebedev. Download the transcript »
March 18, 2005: English Court Rules that President Putin Orchestrated YUKOS Prosecution: Bow Street Magistrates' Court in London rules not to extradite two former YUKOS executives to Russia on the basis that the prosecutions were politically motivated, and that their human rights were highly likely to be breached if they were returned. Download the press release »
March 14, 2005: The United House of Commons passed a motion which expresses concern about the centralization of political power in Russia, the departure from rule of law, and the increase in human rights violations under President Vladimir Putin. Download the motion »
January 25, 2005: The Council of Europe approves a resolution declaring that the arrest and prosecution of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev went beyond the pursuit of justice and was intended to " weaken an outspoken political opponent, intimidate other wealthy individuals and regain control of strategic economic assets."
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November 18, 2004: Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopts report saying Khodorkovsky and Lebedev were "arbitrarily singled out" by Russian authorities. Read the press release » and read the final report »
October 26, 2004: Lawyer Yuri Schmidt traveled to the United States to discuss the case against Mikhail Khodorkovsky with U.S. policy makers, scholars, and human rights activists. The Wall Street Journal Europe published the article shortly after his visit and one day after the anniversary of the arrest of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Read more »
July 9, 2004: Former Council of Europe Rapporteur, Sabine Leutheusser-Scharrenberger assesses the circumstances of the arrest and prosecution of leading Yukos executives. Read more »
July 1, 2004: YUKOS rapporteur for the Council of Europe, Sabine Leutheusser-Scharrenberger issues statement condemning misleading leak of her report in the press. Read the statement » and Download the report »
July 8, 2004: ZDF Television interviewed Sabine Leutheusser-Scharrenberger, Council of Europe rapporteur for the YUKOS case, to gain some insight on the YUKOS case and its consequences on Russia. Download the transcript »
April 30, 2004: Oliver Dupuis, NI, asks questions on behalf of the European Commission on whether or not the behaviour of the Russian judicial and political authorities is incompatible with the rule of law. Read more »
March 29, 2004: Bill Rammel, MP writes a letter to Tony Lloyd, MP, on how the EU is stressing rule of law in regards to the arrests of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Platon Lebedev, and Alexei Pichugin. Download the letter »
February 26, 2004: The European Parliament makes recommendations to the Council on EU-Russia relations in their Text Adopted publication. Download the publication »
February 23, 2004: The Foreign Ministers of the European Union meet in Brussels to review and recast relations between the nations of Europe and the Russian Federation. Read more »
January 30, 2004: German Bundestag Member Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger declared an initiative at the Council of Europe on the arrest and prosecution of leading executives of the Russian oil company YUKOS. Read more »
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