The defense team for former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and former Menatep head Platon Lebedev has filed a supervisory appeal with Russia's Supreme Court against the prison sentence in their second case. According to the appeal, “the courts of all lower instances knowingly fulfilled the common task of unjust reprisal against innocents.” In 2005, Khodorkovsky and Lebedev, both arrested in 2003, were sentenced to eight years in prison for fraud and tax evasion. In late 2010, a Moscow district court sentenced them to 14 years in prison for oil theft and money laundering. They were expected to be released in 2017, taking into account the time they had already served for their convictions from their first trial in 2005. However, the Moscow City Court reduced their sentences by one year. They are now scheduled for release in 2016.
http://rapsinews.com/judicial_news/20120224/260453893.html
http://www.khodorkovsky.ru/news/2012/02/24/17019.html (document)
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