Moscow Court Upholds Yukos Shareholder’s Arrest Warrant

The Moscow City Court turned down an appeal asking it to reconsider the arrest warrant for Yukos shareholder Leonid Nevzlin, who is currently in Israel.

Nevzlin is accused of conspiring to murder several people “dangerous to their organization”, and a warrant for his arrest was issued in July, after he fled to Israel just before former CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky’s arrest in October of last year, the Newsru.com news site reported.

His defense filed an appeal against the arrest warrant that the Basmanny Court ruled in favor of in July, after the General Prosecutor’s Office asked for his arrest.

Nevzlin, who has often spoken out in support of liberal and reformist policies, said last spring that he was leaving the public sphere, citing the trial of his colleague Khodorkovsky.

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