The Prosecution's Defense-Friendly Witnesses

The prosecution has alleged that the defendants committed crimes in the 1994 privatization of Apatit, a fertilizer production company located in the Murmansk Region, the 1995 privatization of the Samoilov Research Institute for Fertilizers, Insecticides, and Fungicides (NIUIF), and in evading the payment of taxes by YUKOS oil company through subsidiary firms registered in special reduced tax havens. Furthermore, the prosecution is attempting to link the failure of the defendants to fulfill the investment plan agreed to at the time of Apatit's and NIUIF's purchase to criminal charges of illegally privatizing Apatit and NIUIF.

As of October 5, 2004, the prosecution had called more than 50 witnesses. Remarkably, only three of these witnesses have given testimony that could be construed as even somewhat supportive of the prosecution's case, while almost half have provided testimony supportive of the defense. The witnesses that have been called by the prosecution are listed below in order of their appearance before the Meshchansky Court.

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