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Russian Government Treatment Of Yukos And Messrs Khodorkovsky, Lebedev And Pichugin

EDM number 496 in 2004-05, proposed by Malcolm Bruce on 12/01/2005.

That this House notes that the European Commission has expressed concern over the dismantling of the private company Yukos by Russian state organs; further notes that the OECD, many politicians internationally and human rights organisations, in particular inside Russia, have raised concerns about massive breaches of the rule of law in the proceedings against Yukos shareholder and former chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky, fellow shareholder Platon Lebedev and former head of security Alexei Pichugin; notes that these organisations consider the coordinated action of the state finance and criminal prosecution authorities to be politically motivated, possibly with the objective of eliminating a successful Russian entrepreneur and company; believes that, regardless of the veracity of these charges, the rule of law must be respected in proceedings and action against the company and its former executives; and calls upon the Russian government to preserve open, transparent rule-of-law proceedings and to maintain strict respect of the accused's right to be presumed innocent, which applies both internationally and in Russia.

This motion has been signed by a total of 22 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Malcolm Bruce12/01/2005GordonLiberal DemocratProposed
Michael Moore12/01/2005Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Teddy Taylor12/01/2005Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton12/01/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Bob Spink13/01/2005Castle PointConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones13/01/2005Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Tony Colman13/01/2005PutneyLabourSigned
Andrew George13/01/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler13/01/2005North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge17/01/2005Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis17/01/2005Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley17/01/2005Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock17/01/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable18/01/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones19/01/2005CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake20/01/2005Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross20/01/2005TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Dodds24/01/2005Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Nick Harvey31/01/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes03/02/2005North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster04/04/2005BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen05/04/2005Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned

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