RIA Novosti choice: The top ten events in the Russian judiciary and legal system in 2009
Every year, the Russian judicial system hands down a number of unexpected rulings and dramatic judgments on interesting issues and cases, and 2009 was no exception. The death penalty was de facto abolished and individuals involved in several high-profile cases were released from prison, one of the countryâ™s senior investigators was indicted, the investigation into the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya was halted and a second case against former Yukos heads Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev was opened. </p>
RIA Novosti // Jan. 04, 2010 - 06:39 GMT