Originally from The Journal of Eurasian Law (JEL)

CASE OF
KHODORKOVSKIY AND LEBEDEV v. RUSSIA

(Applications nos. 11082/06 and 13772/05)

First Section
JUDGMENT

Strasbourg
25 July 2013

Editor’s note: The reproduction of this case contains the first part (paragraphs 1-457) of the judgment of the ECHR. The remainder of the judgment will be published in the next issue of the Journal of Eurasian Law.

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

In the case of Khodorkovskiy and Lebedev v. Russia,

The European Court of Human Rights (Chamber), sitting as a Chamber composed of:
Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre, President,
Khanlar Hajiyev,
Mirjana Lazarova,
Linos-Alexandre Sicilianos,
Erik Møse,
Ksenija Turković,
Dmitry Dedov, judges,
and Søren Nielsen, Section Registrar,

Having deliberated in private on 2 July 2013,

Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on that date: