Khodorkovsky`s lawyer complains of custody conditions

Former YUKOS head Mikhail Khodorkovsky's lawyer Karina Moskalenko has filed a complaint with the administration of the detention facility, where her client is placed, stressing that the custody conditions were inappropriate for Khodorkovsky. Being a non-smoker, he has to stay at a smoke-filled room, where 15 more people are detained. Khodorkovsky himself complains only of need in more information: he receives magazines, journals and newspapers once a week.

(RBC via Gateway to Russia, 8.19.2005)