Statements of Support (2003-2013) / Roth, Claudia MEP

“[The conviction is] unacceptable and a sign of a politically controlled Russian justice system. In a show process the judge implemented a verdict which had already been politically ruled a long time ago. This guilty verdict means not only a human tragedy for the former Yukos chief, but also a defeat for the liberal course of President Medvedev, Germany and the EU must consistently support the release of Khodorkovsky and the today arrested demonstrators and opposition politicians”

Claudia Roth MEP Germany (Green Party), Co-Leader of Party, December 2010