Karinna Moskalenko on the Complexities of Article 18

posted 9 Jun 2012, 14:45 by Rights in Russia   [ updated 9 Jun 2012, 14:48 ]
Karinna Moskalenko
, 05/06/12 

Source: HRO.org 

· European Court of Human Rights  · The Courts  · Human rights defenders  · Yukos case 

Khodorkovsky's lawyer Karinna Moskalenko has commented on Putin's recent statements: "This is a fairly crude and inexpert piece of speculative propaganda aimed at the uninformed."
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President Vladimir Putin: "It is well known that the European Court of Human Rights has placed on record the fact that there were no political motives behind the criminal case or the verdict against Mr. Khodorkovsky." 

When I hear these sorts of statements, I ask myself - how can it be possible to distort things in such a shabby way? This is a fairly crude and inexpert piece of speculative propaganda aimed at the uninformed. [Read more]
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