Case of Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev v Russia - no 2 - Third Section - Applications nos 51111-07 and 42757-07 - ECHR Judgment - 14 January 2020
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6. Before the applicants' first arrest in 2003, the first applicant was the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of and a major shareholder in OAO Neftyanaya Kompaniya Yukos (Yukos plc), the head company of the Yukos group of companies (further referred to as "Yukos"), which at the relevant time was one of the largest oil companies in Russia. The second applicant was the first applicant's business partner and a close friend. From 1998 the second applicant was a director at Yukos-Moskva Ltd. He was also a major shareholder in Yukos plc. Furthermore, the applicants controlled a large number of other mining enterprises, refineries, banks and financial companies. In 2002-2003 Yukos began to pursue a number of ambitious business projects which would have made it one of the strongest non-State players on the market. In particular, Yukos was engaged in merger talks with the US-based Exxon Mobil and Chevron Texaco companies.
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533. The foregoing considerations lead the Court to conclude that there has been a violation of Article 6 § 1 taken in conjunction with Article 6 § 3 (c) and (d) of the Convention on account of the breach of the guarantees of a fair trial.
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