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RIA Novosti choice: The top ten events in the Russian judiciary and legal system in 2009

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

© RIA Novosti. Nikolay Fedorov

09:39 04/01/2010

Every year, the Russian judicial system hands down a number of unexpected rulings and dramatic judgments on interesting issues and cases, and 2009 was no exception. The death penalty was de facto abolished and individuals involved in several high-profile cases were released from prison, one of the country’s senior investigators was indicted, the investigation into the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya was halted and a second case against former Yukos heads Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev was opened.

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