April 21, 2009 By James Kimer

Khodorkovsky Pleads Not Guilty before Court

The news is already being reported by AFP, the AP, and the BBC.  Below is his full statement to the court, as well as some of the slides he presented which show that the charges brought by the prosecutors fail to demonstrate any criminal act.  Read more about today’s events in court at khodorkovskycenter.com.

To the Khamovnichesky District Court of the city of Moscow
to Federal Judge V.N. Danilkin
from
M.B. Khodorkovsky

STATEMENT
(in relation to guilt under the charges that have been brought)

I will formulate how I have understood them after all the indistinct explanations. If I make a mistake, – I ask the court to correct it.

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