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dcterms:Date	"2012-09-13"^^xsd:date2
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lpv:document identification number	"en.20120913.29.4-182-000"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2012-09-13-Speech-4-183-0002
lpv:speaker	lp:Charles Tannock2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the ECR Group is deeply concerned about the integrity of the justice system in Russia. One of the most high profile cases in the past decade has been that of Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Many legal experts and human rights organisations have condemned the charges against him as politically motivated, especially with regard to his second trial. But with specific reference to the mention in the text of the resolution of the reduction of Platon Lebedev’s prison sentence by three years, it is important for the House to note that this has been appealed by the prosecutors. The verdict, due on 21 September 2012, will be crucial in determining whether the courts respect the country’s constitutional and international obligations or whether instructions from the executive will prevail. It is also important to point out that the Supreme Court has referred the appeal by Khodorkovsky and Lebedev back to the Moscow City Court, despite a plea by the defence to consider the appeal on its own merits and not to send it back to the Moscow court, whose judicial independence is highly questionable. It is unacceptable, in the view of the ECR Group, that political prisoners still exist in Member States of the Council of Europe. I am thinking here not only of Russia but also of neighbouring Ukraine, in particular, the case of Yulia Tymoshenko. The recent disproportionate sentencing of the punk group Pussy Riot is also the latest in a string of selective justice cases that include the Russian Supreme Court’s prohibition on peaceful Falun Gong practitioners practising their beliefs. Russia is, of course, a very great country and a strategic partner, but it seems to be going backwards as far as democracy and human rights are concerned."@en1
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lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Charles Tannock,"1 "on behalf of the ECR Group."1
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