Further Legal Observations on the Yukos Affair (Tax Claims)
Article from: OGEL 3 (2005), in Russian Disputes
Introduction
Starting last November, I have been writing a short series of comments on the criminal indictments against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev. These comments were made from a technical legal perspective for the purpose of evaluating the soundness of the charges and the structure of the government’s case, both under general principles common in western countries and also, based on some familiarity with Russian law and my reading of the relevant legislation. Since that time, the criminal cases against Khodorkovsky and Lebedev have been overshadowed by the related tax ...