Russia: Charges Against Alexanyan Dropped · Global Voices
Veronica Khokhlova

Robert Amsterdam reports that “Russian prosecutors have finally dropped their case against Yukos lawyer Vasily Aleksanyan”: “But I don't really see this as a sign of clemency or change, or a sudden recognition of judicial independence. Russia just admitted that it held an innocent individual for two years for no reason and nearly murdered him […]. And yet everyone will applaud, nod with approval over the warming of relations, and chat about new investments.”