Russia’s Supreme Court found illegal and formally annulled the 2003 arrest of Platon Lebedev, an officer of former Russian oil giant Yukos. The decision was made in the wake of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg which found Lebedev’s detention during certain periods in 2003 and 2004 illegal and awarded him 10,000 Euros. After that investigation Lebedev together with Mikhail Khodorkovsky was sentenced to 8 years of imprisonment. They are now on trial for new Yukos-related charges; thus, the decision on the 2003 arrest will not free Lebedev from jail.
http://lenta.ru/news/2009/12/23/lebedev/
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