RUSSIA: MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY AND PLATON LEBEDEV RETURN TO COURT AS JUDGES CONTINUE THEIR SUMMING UP/ EXHIBITION OF TRIAL SKETCHES OPENS IN MOSCOW/ PARENTS OF KHODORKOVSKY SAY THEIR SON IS INNOCENT

Record ID: 647104

  • Title: RUSSIA: MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY AND PLATON LEBEDEV RETURN TO COURT AS JUDGES CONTINUE THEIR SUMMING UP/ EXHIBITION OF TRIAL SKETCHES OPENS IN MOSCOW/ PARENTS OF KHODORKOVSKY SAY THEIR SON IS INNOCENT
  • Date: 24th May 2005
  • Summary: (EU) KARALOVO, 70KM WEST OF MOSCOW, RUSSIA (MAY 24-25, 2005) (REUTERS) 1. WS: EXTERIOR OF THE PODMOSKOVNIE SECONDARY SCHOOL, SPONSORED BY YUKOS / VARIOUS OF STUDENTS LEAVING BUILDING TO TAKE PART IN CEREMONY ON THE LAST DAY OF THE SCHOOL YEAR 0.14 2. PARENTS WITH FLOWERS 0.19 3. WIDE OF STUDENTS STANDING IN LINE 0.26 4. SCU: RUSSIAN FLAG, YUKOS FLAG AND THE SCHOOL'S FLAG BEING RAISED/ NATIONAL ANTHEM BEING PLAYED 0.32 5. CU: STUDENTS 0.38 6. WIDE OF SCHOOL GROUND/ STUDENTS AND PARENTS DURING CEREMONY 0.49 7. BORIS KHODORKOVSKY WITH SCHOOL OFFICIALS WATCHING CEREMONY 0.53 8. STUDENTS RINGING BELL HERALDING END OF SCHOOL YEAR 0.59 9. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) BORIS KHODORKOVSKY, FATHER OF MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY SAYING: "If for a second I felt that he was guilty, or that he could commit a crime like this, I would have killed him myself; and I have said this before. He was not brought up in a way which made him only care about stuffing his own pockets. He doesn't care about his own pockets." 1.13 10. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) MARINA FILIPOVNA MOTHER OF MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY SAYING: "I am trying to view this (trial of her son Mikhail Khodorkovsky) with some hope. Otherwise I would lose all my will to live. My husband, when he feels bad, comes to this place, and he feels better afterwards. Children don't let us lose hope and feel old. Isn't that right?" 1.32 11. CHILDREN ENTER SCHOOL BUILDING 1.38 12. FLAGS INSIDE SCHOOL BUILDING/ SCHOOL MOTTO: "Duty, Honour and Fatherland" 1.42 13. CU: PHOTO SHOWING MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY WITH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS 1.47 (EU) MOSCOW, RUSSIA (MAY 24, 2005) (REUTERS) 14. WIDE OF COURT BUILDING/ FLAGS 1.53 15. INTERIOR OF COURT, KHODORKOVSKY AND CO-ACCUSED PLATON LEBEDEV INSIDE CAGE IN COURTROOM 1.59 16. CLOSE-UP OF KHODORKOVSKY 2.08 17. CLOSE-UP OF LEBEDEV 2.17 18. KHODORKOVSKY/ COURTROOM GUARD 2.24 (EU) MOSCOW, RUSSIA (MAY 24, 2005) (REUTERS) 19. RUSSIAN ARTIST PAVEL SHEVELEV WITH REPORTERS AT EXHIBITION HALL 2.31 20. SCU: WOMAN LOOKING AT SKECTHES 2.36 21. CU: SKETCH OF KHODORKOVSKY AND LEBEDEV IN COURT, INSIDE A SECURITY CAGE 2.42 22. VARIOUS OF SKETCHES OF COURT OFFICIALS 2.47 23. CU: SKETCH OF KHODORKOVSKY COURT MAIN JUDGE 2.53 24. CU: SKETCH OF KHODORKOVSKY BEHIND BARS OF SECURITY CAGE IN COURT 2.59 25. (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) ARTIST PAVEL SHEVELEV SAYING: "I got the idea for these sketches when I went to visit the court; I came to the court as a citizen to support the people (on trial). When I saw what's going on, I was surprised, shocked and realised it was a unique situation and that I had to do something." 3.17 26. VARIOUS OF SKETCHES AT EXHIBITION (2 SHOTS) 3.29 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA/ KARALOVO, KARALOVO, 70KM WEST OF MOSCOW, RUSSIA
  • Country: Russia
  • Reuters ID: LVAEB6Y5J0R6HSJOMTOE1EW86DWW
  • Story Text: Khodorkovsky's parents say their son is innocent;
    exhibition of trial sketches opens in Moscow.


    Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and co-defendant
    Platon Lebedev were in court again on Wednesday (May 25),
    as judges continued their marathon summing up in the two
    men's trial on charges of fraud and tax evasion.

    The summing up is already in the third day of its
    second week. As the court process continued on Wednesday,
    Khodorkovsky's parents took part in a ceremony marking the
    end of the education year at a school outside Moscow funded
    by Khodorkovsky when he headed Russian oil giant YUKOS.

    Boris Khodorkovsky said the school was evidence that
    his son had never been interested in "stuffing his
    pockets".

    "If for a second I felt that he was guilty, or that he
    could commit a crime like this, I would have killed him
    myself; and I have said this before. He was not brought up
    in a way which made him only care about stuffing his own
    pockets. He doesn't care about his own pockets," said Boris
    Khodorkovsky.

    Khodorkovsky's mother told reporters she still had a
    glimer of hope that her son's trial outcome may not be as
    bad as has been predicted.

    "I am trying to view this (trial of her son Mikhail
    Khodorkovsky) with some hope. Otherwise I would lose all my
    will to live. My husband, when he feels bad, comes to this
    place, and he feels better afterwards. Children don't let
    us lose hope and feel old. Isn't that right?," said Marina
    Fliponva Khodorkovsky.

    The presence of Boris Khodorkovsky and his wife Marina
    was organised by the media officials at Khodorkovsky's
    press centre.

    They also organised the opening of an exhibition in
    Moscow of sketches done from the trial and about the
    Khodorkovsky prosecution by Russian artist Pavel Shevelev.

    The exhibition opened in Moscow on Tuesday (May 24) night.

    "I got the idea for these sketches when I went to
    visit the court; I came to the court as a citizen to
    support the people (on trial). When I saw what's going on,
    I was surprised, shocked and realised it was a unique
    situation and that I had to do something," said artist
    Pavel Shevelev.

    The court could reach what is widely expected to be a
    guilty verdict at the end of this week, one of
    Khodorkovsky's lawyers told reporters on Monday (May 23).

    The billionaire's lawyers have accused judges of
    dragging out their judgment to kill off media interest.

    After a week of summing up, the judges had only read a
    third of the wad of documents they need to get through
    before giving their verdict.

    The judges have already declared the 41-year-old
    founder of the crippled YUKOS YUKO.RTS> oil company guilty
    on all seven charges against him. But they must complete
    the summing up before a formal verdict.

    Even Khodorkovsky's lawyers have said they expect a
    conviction and the only question left is the length of his
    jail sentence. The prosecution is seeking 10-year sentences
    for him and co-defendant Platon Lebedev.

    The trial has scared investors and strained President
    Vladimir Putin's relations with the United States, which
    has warned the Kremlin it is damaging Russia's interests.

    Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man, had been
    funding opposition parties before he was arrested at
    gunpoint in a raid on his private jet 17 months ago.



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