Moscow responded Tuesday, December 28, to Western criticism after the second conviction of Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former oil tycoon convicted of theft of millions of tons of oil and laundering $ 23.5 billion. For the Russian Foreign Ministry, "attempts to put pressure on the Russian courts are unacceptable." He attacks including "statements that were made in Washington and some EU capitals.Shortly after the beginning of the statement of the trial on Monday, Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his senior partner Platon Lebedev were convicted. The two men are behind bars since 2003. They end up serving a sentence of eight years in prison for fraud and tax evasion and would theoretically leave during the year 2011.
The prosecution requested fourteen camp against the two men, but the penalty should not be known for several days. The defense of Mikhail Khodorkovsky has immediately announced it would appeal the ruling. The White House expressed "deep concern", arguing that "selective application" of justice was likely to "undermine" the rule of law in Russia.
Germany, meanwhile, felt that "the way the trial was conducted is of particular concern and is a backward step on the road to modernization of the country."
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