Statements of Support (2003-2013) / Oertel, Barbara

“Critics (…) see the new trial as a kind of test for the Russian justice system as well as for the credibility for Russia’s President Dmitri Medvedev. He had put himself forward as a advocate for rule of law prior to his election in March 2008 and announced full-bodied to override legal nihilism and the rampant corruption and to promote the development of a court system which is not sub-ducted by political pressure and political influence”

“This procedure is typical for the Khodorkovsky case. Also in the first trial relevant files were held back from the lawyers until shortly before the trial day”

Barbara Oertel, journalist, March 3, 2009