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I hope that Platon Lebedev and Mikhail Khodorkovsky will finally be released from prison next
year. Although their sentence has been reduced, there is absolutely no doubt that the proceedings
were legally questionable. However, I would be even more pleased about a political signal
from the Russian leadership, a pardon and their early release: That would be a true
political signal! Overall, I am greatly concerned about the situation in Russia, the rule of
law, the growing repression of people who stand up for their rights and people who are
battling for human rights, democracy and freedom in Russia. Mikhail Khodorkovsky will always
be a symbol for this, as someone who said: I will not bow to the powers that be, but
I stand for causes I want to support. So I hope that he will be released next October
at the latest, although I would prefer it if he were released from prison sometime in
the course of this year.