The lawyer for the imprisoned Yukos chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Robert Amsterdam, a Canadian claimed after being expelled from Russia, and prior to the verdict on Ms. Bakhmina, that the prosecution has admitted that she was a hostage of the Kremlin.
The lawyer for the imprisoned Yukos chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky claimed after being expelled from Russia. The imprisoned Yukos chief executive Mikhail Khodorkovsky was Robert Amsterdam. She was a hostage of the Kremlin. This was what the prosecution has admitted. Ms. Bakhmina is that. Robert Amsterdam is a Canadian.