The former boss of Russian oil group Yukos Mikhail Khodorkovsky has reported "positive institutional changes in Russia and promised that his new trial, which opens Tuesday, would not be" uninteresting " . "Judging from the prison in Moscow and television programs available (...), indices changes Institutional positives are visible, "said in a statement the man who was the richest Russian, already sentenced to eight years in prison in 2005.
Among these changes, he noted" the attempts of developing a real opposition the reaction of a reasonable part of the political elite international events and the fact that the judiciary is beginning to see themselves as an independent branch of power. "" There is simultaneously opposite trends, "he added without further details.
Speaking of his upcoming trial, Khodorkovsky has mysteriously promised "a show that will not be uninteresting." "From my side, I guarantee to be open, clear and not be clever," he said. Khodorkovsky and his former business partner, Platon Lebedev, who were serving their sentence in Siberia, were transferred on February 24 in Moscow. They should be tried for "embezzlement", "embezzlement" and for "illegal financial transactions."
The former CEO was convicted in 2005 for tax evasion and fraud on a large scale. This first trial was denounced by Russian liberals and abroad as inspired by the Kremlin to restore state control over valuable oil assets and rein in a businessman showing political ambitions.
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