October 20, 2008 By Robert Amsterdam

Court Extends Detention of Terminally Ill Vasily Alexanyan

alexanyan102008.jpg I was both appalled and amazed this morning when a friend pointed me over to the Interfax news website, where I saw on the front homepage, along with prominent photo, the following headline: “Court Rules to Extend Detention for Former Yukos Vice President Alexanyan for Three More Months