Not too long ago, the lawyer Anatoly Kucherena, State Duma deputy Vladislav Tretiak (yes, the famous hockey goalie…), the animal trainers Askold and Edgard Zapashnoy, the television presenter Tina Kandelaki, the singer Nikolai Rastorguyev, as well as certain other public figures published a peculiar “open letter” supposedly in defense of the Russian judicial system against a «particular approach to the second trial in the case of «YUKOS».

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In the letter they declared that the judicial system in Russia is being subjected to discreditation. In their opinion, the system requires reforming, however “doing this under the pressure of individual institutions and persons, all the more so ones found in conflict with the law or allowing the possibility of its selective application, is senseless and dangerous“.