Statements of Support (2003-2013) / Schuster, Marina MP

“The decision by the Russian Supreme Court cannot be seen as a sign for a progress of the Human Rights situation in Russia nevertheless the shortened sentence is appreciated. The proceeding lacked the needed standards of the rule of law which was also criticised by the ECtHR in its verdict”

MP Marina Schuster (Spokesperson for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the parliamentary group of the Liberal Party), Press Release issued on August 6, the day of Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s and Platon Lebedev’s appeal hearing in Russia’s Supreme Court, August 7, 2013