Khodorkovsky 3, Putin 0
Filed under: Russia
No sooner had I reported, a few days ago, on the second major victory by Mikhail Khodorkovsky in the European courts against his persecution by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin than the mighty Mr. K scored yet a third. Reuters reported on Wednesday:
A Dutch court nullified on Wednesday all decisions taken by the Russian receiver of bankrupt oil firm YUKOS related to the company's Dutch assets. The court said receiver Eduard Rebgun, who had replaced the management of Dutch-based YUKOS Finance BV and put all assets, worth about $2 billion, up for sale, had no right to do so and all his actions should be reversed. "Russian bankruptcy of YUKOS was not in line with Dutch principles of law," the court said in its ruling, adding it could not recognise the bankruptcy or Rebgun's rights as a caretaker.
The AFP reports that the court declared: "Yukos Oil has been deprived of a fair trial in the determination of the amount of taxes it owed to the Russian state."
Khodorkovsky 3, Putin 0. Squirm Mr. Putin, you malignant little troll, squirm as you prowl the Kremlin's parapets during your sleepless nights. If Khodorkovsky can achieve all this from a Siberian prison cell, it's not hard to see why Putin fears him so.
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