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Vladimir Kara-Murza: In the course began today in Moscow Khamovnichesky court pleadings Attorney Ibragimov said that the fault of former Yukos head Mikhail Khodorkovsky and former head of Menatep Platon Lebedev is proved examined in court evidence. However, the prosecution will ask for Khodorkovsky and Lebedev lighter punishment, taking into account the adopted amendments to the Penal Code relating to the articles on economic crimes. The prosecution explained that it was taken on the 2010 amendments, which reduced the penalty for money laundering. Ibragimov added that the law is retroactive and can improve the situation of the accused. Today it became known that on Monday, Platon Lebedev and Mikhail Khodorkovsky gave the first-person interview with Novaya Gazeta. It will be published immediately after the defendants delivered the last word. Tentative title of “I - snakes, and now you have something to say.” “Novaya Gazeta” met with Khodorkovsky and Lebedev in Khamovnichesky court with the consent of a judge Danilkin, in the presence of the convoy without any intermediaries. To learn how to set up figures of Yukos before entering the final stage of the process, we are now talking with one of the authors of-person interview with Khodorkovsky and Lebedev, Novaya Gazeta Yuri Rost and former diretkorom programs fund the Open Russia Alexander Osovtsovym. In what atmosphere held an interview with Khodorkovsky and Lebedev, “Novaya Gazeta”?
Yuri Rost: Everything was happening in court. Lebedev and Khodorkovsky have been in this aquarium. We communicated through a small window. Actually, we had two fundamental and I am the crotch because the main organizer, the initiator was Dmitry Muratov, editor in chief of Novaya Gazeta and a constant, our correspondent in the court of Faith Chelishchev. Prepared questions and they answered us quite kindly. Was limited time to shoot and talk. They looked decent and good.
Vladimir Kara-Murza: What difference do you think the current atmosphere and situation from the situation which followed the first trial, whereas it was hardly possible to-person interview with the newspaper Novaya Gazeta?
Alexander Osovets: I must say that the differences between external properties are generally very high. Because the first trial took place in an atmosphere of high, I would say that aggressiveness on the part of all pro-government structure and all, at least, pro-government media and the so-called Kremlin protesters led out all the time with the notorious “thief should go to jail” and other nonsense. At this time, I must say that the federal TV channels is very small compared with the first process of paying what is happening in Khamovnichesky court and, of course, no pickets there, then there is even simulate some activity does not occur. And of course, a number of external parameters Judge Danilkin behaves differently than the referee was behaving Kolesnikov. Well, the only thing that I probably really happy - this is, of course, Lakhtina another face entirely.
Finally and most importantly: if the last time any at all, even the flashes were not in the sense of hope for whatever it was in terms of sentencing, I would not say that now there is hope, but there is, at least, the belief that far more people understand what is happening is not legal, we can not even say that this legal mess, because that’s all to the right has nothing, just nothing fundamentally. And the farcical nature of the second indictment, if he had not threatened the very good people are very serious consequences, it would cause only laughter, and anything else he had to call and could not. Here, perhaps, is the difference.
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Dmitry Muratov, editor in chief of Novaya Gazeta, to lift the veil of secrecy over the content of an interview.
Dmitry Muratov: This was the first-person interviews. Lebedev and Khodorkovsky spoke about what freedom is, what the internal limit, which is fear for themselves, which they lack. Lebedev, and said: “Some questions I will answer you as snakes.” And what is fear and concern for their relatives. That is one part of the interview. Another part of the interview dealt with, naturally, and that is associated with the process, and the fact that due to the political situation in the country, and what challenges are facing the president, who came to power in 2012. Lebedev and Khodorkovsky have acquired some qualities of personal courage, great dignity. Their speech is a literary, intellectual, they articulate their thoughts, they are very accurate behave. And the feeling among us Rosta, Vera Chelishchev, I have three of us chatted with them about what these people need to be home and not sit in detention. It seemed to me that they are ready for any outcome is absolutely concerned and not primarily a personal destiny, but in general, how will the system of professional legal proceedings, and professional investigation.
