Statements of Support (2003-2013) / Franck, Peter

“Eight years after his arrest Mikhail Khodorkovsky has served the prison sentence of his first trial. He must therefore be released. The same applies to his former business partner Lebedev”. “The allegations of the charges in the second trial are incomprehensible in the context of his first conviction. This true regardless of whether one considers the criminal charges from the first trial valid. Khodorkovsky and Lebedev did not have a far trial. There are strong indications that this trial was politically motivated”

Peter Franck, Russia expert at Amnesty International Germany, 25 October 2010