Subject: The Nikitin case: Supreme victory!
From: Center for Civil Society International (ccsi@u.washington.edu)
Date: Mon Apr 17 2000 - 17:51:03 EDT
Details: http://www.bellona.no/nikitin/
At 12:30 Moscow time today, the Supreme Court verdict was made
public: Nikitin has won the final victory in the four year
nightmarish "espionage case" against him. The Russian Supreme Court
confirmed the St. Petersburg City Court acquittal of Aleksandr
Nikitin, deeming the prosecution's argumentation inconsistent and
unacceptable.
Everybody at the Bellona Foundation is extremely happy that this
marathon case is now hopefully brought to an end, and we wish to
thank everybody that has supported Aleksandr during the years the
case has gone on.
Allthough we can't be sure this verdict guarantees that
environmentalists in Russia will be safe from prosecution in the
future, it should help a lot. The Russian "security police" ought to
be a lot more careful when choosing their targets after this. Today's
victory is not only Aleksandr's, but, more to the point, one
belonging to the Russian legal system as well.
This is a happy day indeed!
Contact: Thomas Nilsen, mobile phone: +47-905-73 143
Jon Gauslaa, mobile phone: +47-926-19 244
Siri Engeseth: mobile phone: +47-901-14 675
Bellona Oslo: +47-2323 4600
More information, updates, background etc., see Bellona web
(english and russian): http://www.bellona.no/nikitin/
Regards, The Bellona Foundation
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