The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled that former Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and business partner Platon Lebedev were denied their right to a fair trial in the case of their conviction by a Russian court for embezzlement and money laundering.
RFE/RL: European court rules Russia’s Khodorkovsky denied fair trial
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, head of the Open Russia movement and the former oil tycoon who served 10 years in jail after openly opposing President Vladimir Putin, attends a press conference in London on Nov. 20, 2018.
