Yukos co-owner Leonid Nevzlin, on the photo, addressed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon via a letter to attract attention of world community to the persecution of former employees of the company.
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Nevzlin Wrote A Letter to U.N. Secretary General
Yukos co-owner Leonid Nevzlin, who is Israel’s resident now, addressed U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon via a letter to attract attention of the world community to the persecution of former employees of the crushed oil giant, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Following the ruin of Yukos and arrest of its owner Mikhail Khodorkovsky in 2003, over 40 people have turned into the deprived-of-rights hostages of Vladimir Putin’s political regime, Leonid Nevzlin, 49, emphasized in his letter of February 7. They were either arrested under the frame-up cases or fled from Russia and are under the continuous threat of physical destruction.
Nevzlin recalled the arrest of Alexei Pichugin, claiming he was given a life sentence only for refusal to admit guilt and testify against Yukos leadership. He also drew attention to the situation with medical treatment of Vasily Aleksanyan, pointing out that authorities have evidently proceeded from taking hostages to killing them.
A source close to Nevzlin told The Jerusalem Post that the businessman regards Yukos former managers the hostages and addresses the U.N. as an organization that helped to free many people from captivity.
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