The Moscow City Court has rejected appeals by Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev, and reduced their sentences by one year (‘a carbon copy of its ruling in the first Yukos trial‘).  Khodorkovsky made a ‘bold attack‘ on the justice system in his statement, citing ‘venomous Stalinist spiders‘.  The EU’s chief of foreign policy expressed ‘deep disappointment‘ over the news, saying it reflects ‘systemic problems within the Russian judiciary.‘  Amnesty International has declared both of the men ‘prisoners of conscience‘; the British Foreign Office has also expressed concern.  President Dmitry Medvedev has called for a crackdown on extremist crimes.  Vladimir Putin does not see a need for his All-Russia People’s Front to be registered, dismissing ‘bureaucratic obstacles‘ and saying that, ‘in my opinion, it is not important whether a public organization is registered or not.‘  Mikhail Prokhorov says his pro-Kremlin Right Cause party will not join the organization, as he wants his party to function independently.