26/03/2008 - Petition passed to Kremlin
An appeal in defence of Vasily Aleksanyan has been handed to Dmitry Medvedev. On Sunday, 25 March, a public appeal carrying over four hundred signatures was handed in at the presidential reception on Moscow’s Novaya Square requesting that the president-elect “move swiftly to ensure the rapid release from detention of Vasily Aleksanyan, in view of his grave and incurable illness.”
12/03/2008 - Russian Orthodox service in Moscow for VA's health
Today in the Moscow parish of Saints Cosma and Damian Fr Alexander Borisov served a moleben (a service for the living which can be held for most purposes) for the health of the heavily ill Vasilli Aleksanyan.
07/03/2008 - Aleksenyan to Stay in Custody
The St. Petersburg Times: The Moscow City Court on Wednesday refused to release former Yukos vice president Vasily Aleksanyan from custody while he receives treatment for AIDS-related lymphoma.
05/03/2008 - Court rules guarded hospital treatment for ex-Yukos exec. lawful
29/02/2008 - Critically ill former Yukos figure denied regular washes - lawyer
MOSCOW (Thomson Financial) - Russian prison authorities are denying regular washes to the critically ill former vice president of the Yukos oil giant held in a Moscow hospital, his lawyer has alleged.
28/02/2008 - Moscow Bar condemns Prison Service's attempts to intimidate Elena Lvova
Resolution of the V1 Annual Conference of the Bar Association of the City of Moscow:
It is with concern that the Bar Association of the City of Moscow notes cases of persecution of lawyers acting for the defence in cases in the focus of public interest which affect the interests of power ministries.
28/02/2008 - Lawyers: Ex-Yukos VP Mistreated
Houston Chronicle: Lawyers for a gravely ill former executive of the dismantled oil giant Yukos accused authorities Thursday of subjecting him to inhumane treatment and unsanitary conditions.
28/02/2008 - Ninety-nine weeks later, Vasily Aleksanyan still held in inhumane unsanitary conditions
Press Release: Lawyers demand immediate improvements in his conditions and transfer to a dedicated, sterile and well managed unit for AIDS patients in accordance with the repeated decisions of the European Court.
28/02/2008 - The scandal surrounding the former Vice President of Yukos Vasilli Aleksanyan, who was transferred on the 8th February from the pre-trial detention centre "Matrosskaya Tishina" to a clinic, has renewed with vigour.
Kommersant Vlast: After a high profile campaign in the media and numerous protests from human rights activists, the previously defiant Prosecutor’s Office agreed to halt the proceedings and transfer Aleksanyan for treatment in a non prison hospital. After this, it was assumed that the scandal would diminish. However...
28/02/2008 - Gravely ill ex-Yukos executive complains of inhumane treatment at hospital
Moscow(AP) - Lawyers for a gravely ill former executive of the dismantled oil giant Yukos accused authorities Thursday of subjecting him to inhumane treatment and unsanitary conditions.
22/02/2008 - The real power struggle
By Robert Amsterdam, International Herald Tribune: If Europe and the West want to understand what is happening in Russia, they should send observers not to the polling stations, but to Moscow's Basmanny Court, where the Constitution and rule of law are being unraveled on a daily basis.
19/02/2008 - Ex-Yukos Executive Kept in Handcuffs
By Svetlana Osadchuk, Moscow Times: Former Yukos vice president Vasily Aleksanyan is handcuffed to a hospital bed 24 hours a day and not even allowed to leave to go to the bathroom, his lawyer said Monday.
19/02/2008 - 'We are absolutely horrified', Ex-Yukos Oil VP, dying of AIDS, is handcuffed to bed, lawyer says
By Henry Meyer,
Bloomberg News:
Vasily Aleksanian, a former OAO Yukos Oil Co. executive who is dying of AIDS, is being held in isolation and handcuffed to a Moscow hospital bed 24 hours a day, his lawyer says.
18/02/2008 - Russia treating AIDS prisoner 'like an animal' - lawyer
Reuters, Moscow: Russia is treating an ailing oil executive with HIV/AIDS "like an animal" by handcuffing him to a bed in a civilian hospital as he awaits trial, his lawyer said on Monday.
11/02/2008 - Ill Russian's Plea to Leave Prison: 'I Will Not Go Anywhere but to the Grave'
By Michael Schwirtz, New York Times:
A Moscow court suspended the trial of Vasily Aleksanyan on Wednesday, but sent the fallen Yukos executive, sick with AIDS, cancer and tuberculosis, back to his prison cell, ruling that he could receive adequate treatment while in custody.
11/02/2008 - Nevzlin: Yukos prisoners are hostages of Putin
By Haviv Rettig for The Jerusalem Post:
Leonid Nevzlin, the 49-year-old former Yukos executive and Russian senator, has stepped up his campaign to help free former colleagues from Yukos who languish in Russian prisons after their conviction on various financial crimes.
08/02/2008 - Clinic transfer for Yukos lawyer
By Catherine Belton, Financial Times:
Russia said yesterday it would transfer Vasily Alek-sanyan. But Mr Aleksanyan's lawyers said they had yet to be informed when or where he would be moved. One person close to Mr Aleksanyan warned that the Federal Prisons Service statement about his transfer could be a smokescreen.
08/02/2008 - Reversal in Moscow over treatment for ex-Yukos official
International Herald Tribune:
Aleksanian's attorney, Yelena Lvova, said she had been given no specific details about the transfer. "My client is under a complete blockade of information about when he will be moved and where," she said.
07/02/2008 - Jailed Yukos executive is denied cancer treatment
By Shaun Walker, The Independent:
Analysts say the publicity surrounding the case would have made the Kremlin uncomfortable so close to a presidential election, and there were fears Mr Aleksanian might die while standing trial.
07/02/2008 - Aleksanyan in information vacuum about where he will be moved for medication
Interfax, Moscow: Former Yukos Vice President Vasily Aleksanyan's lawyers have claimed that their client, currently held at a detention facility, has not been informed where he will be transferred to for medical treatment.
07/02/2008 - Khodorkovsky still defiant
By Neil Buckley, The Financial Times:
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed Russian oligarch, voiced doubts on Wednesday that Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s likely next president, would be able to undo damage to the rule of law inflicted during the Putin era.
06/02/2008 - MEPs urge Putin to allow treatment for former Yukos exec
(BRUSSELS) - A group of European parliament deputies issued an open letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday urging him to allow hospital cancer treatment for an imprisoned Yukos oil company executive.
06/02/2008 - Russian Court Refuses To Release Sick Oil Boss
Reuters: Vasily Alexanian says he is going blind and needs urgent treatment that he cannot get inside the prison.
06/02/2008 - Russian court refuses to release ailing former Yukos executive
The Associated Press
Moscow: A Russian court suspended the trial of an ailing former executive of the dismantled oil giant Yukos on Wednesday, but refused to release him from jail to be treated for AIDS-related cancer and tuberculosis.
06/02/2008 - Defence insists Yukos ex-VP be transferred to hospital
Russia Today; A court has agreed to suspend the trial of a former Yukos Vice President while he undergoes medical treatment in detention. The defence says it will appeal against the decision and demand that Vasily Aleksanyan be transferred to a special civilian hospital. Aleksanyan, who's accused of embezzlement and tax evasion, is said to be suffering from AIDS, cancer and possibly tuberculosis.
06/02/2008 - Parliamentary Questions
Parliamentary Questions tabled by Malcolm Bruce and Mark Pritchard
06/02/2008 - Ex-Yukos manager's trial halted
BBC. A Moscow court has suspended the trial of a seriously ill former top executive of Russia's disbanded oil giant Yukos.
05/02/2008 - Moscow trial of ex-Yukos manager
Mr Aleksanyan says he believes he will die in prison
05/02/2008 - Yukos prisoner's health fears
BBC video on the Vasily Aleksanyan's failing health.
05/02/2008 - FCO Minister responds on Aleksanyan case
Foreign Office Minister Jim Murphy has responded in Parliament after MP raises Aleksanyan case.
05/02/2008 - Ailing Yukos ex-official back in the dock
Article in Russia Today
05/02/2008 - Why kowtow to brutal, cynical Russia?
Edward Lucas writes in The Times
04/02/2008 - Russia: Vasily Alexanyan
Global Voices Online
04/02/2008 - Ex-Yukos CEO in seventh day of hunger strike over colleague
RIA Novosti
04/02/2008 - Aleksanyan Denied Release for Illness
The Moscow Times
03/02/2008 - Ending appeasement
The Guardian
02/02/2008 - Russian court rejects cancer treatment for former Yukos manager
Forbes
02/02/2008 - Court rejects motion to move former Yukos executive to AIDS clinic
Canadian Press
01/02/2008 - Conditions Improved for Jailed and Deathly Ill Executive
The Other Russia
01/02/2008 - Freedom denied for dying ex-Yukos executive
Russia Today
01/02/2008 - Aleksanyan Says He Is Receiving Care
The Moscow Times
01/02/2008 - Ex-Yukos VP with AIDS, cancer denied transfer to hospital
France 24
01/02/2008 - Russian court refuses to free ailing oil boss
Reuters
01/02/2008 - Medical plea fails in Yukos case
BBC News
01/02/2008 - Russian Court Rejects Plea to Free Ex-Yukos Manager With AIDS
Bloomberg
01/02/2008 - Ex-Yukos VP with AIDS, cancer denied transfer to hospital
AFP
01/02/2008 - Court extends custody of terminally ill ex-Yukos executive - 2
RIA Novosti
01/02/2008 - Court rejects motion to move former Yukos executive from prison infirmary to AIDS clinic
International Herald Tribune (France)
01/02/2008 - Ex-Yukos lawyer loses Moscow court bid for outside AIDS treatment
Earth Times
01/02/2008 - Aleksanyan case. Judge Irina Oreshkina has turned down all the lawyers' petitions
In today’s hearing in the Simonov Court, Moscow lawyers requested to halt the proceedings as their client is seriously ill. The request was rejected .
31/01/2008 - Prosecutors find no violations in Alexanian's custody conditions (Part2)
Interfax
31/01/2008 - Yukos Ex-Chief Is on Hunger Strike
Wall Street Journal
31/01/2008 - Aleksanyan Gets Support of Old Boss
The Moscow Times
31/01/2008 - Aleksanyan must be urgently examined by doctors - Lukin
Interfax News Agency
31/01/2008 - Prison authorities ask court to consider Aleksanyan hospitalization -lawyer
Interfax News Agency
31/01/2008 - Jailed Russian tycoon declares hunger strike
Dow Jones Newswire
31/01/2008 - Jailed Russian Tycoon Fasts to Protest Colleague's Treatment
From Washington Post
31/01/2008 - Former Yukos chief refuses prison food
Russia Today
31/01/2008 - Detained ex-Yukos vice chief diagnosed with both AIDS and cancer
RIA Novosti
31/01/2008 - Russia's presidency; The pseudoelection
From The Economist print edition
The runners and riders in a mock race.....On the same day an indictment of such nihilism was delivered by Vasily Aleksanyan, a former executive of Yukos who was appealing to the Supreme Court to save his life
30/01/2008 - Khodorkovsky on hunger strike protest
By Catherine Belton in Moscow for the Financial Times
Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the jailed former Russian oil tycoon, said yesterday he would go on hunger strike to protest Russia’s failure to provide life-saving medical treatment for his former colleague Vasily Alexanyan, a former Yukos vice-president who is in jail and gravely ill with AIDS.
30/01/2008 - Khodorkovsky goes on 'dry' hunger strike to support ex-colleague-2
From Ria Novosti
30/01/2008 - Jailed Russia oil boss stays on hunger strike
From Reuters
30/01/2008 - Khodorkovsky Declares Hunger Strike
from www.kommersant.com
30/01/2008 - Justice is dogged for former Yukos executive
From France 24
30/01/2008 - Khodorkovsky 'on hunger strike'
BBC News
30/01/2008 - Jailed Yukos oil tycoon goes on hunger strike
From The Times
30/01/2008 - Former Yukos Billionaire On Hunger Strike
Forbes
30/01/2008 - Khodorkovsky Starts Hunger Strike for Dying Colleague (Update2)
Bloomberg
28/01/2008 - Abusing a Dying Man's Legal Rights
From The Moscow Times
25/01/2008 - Drug Access | HIV-Positive Prison Inmates in Russia Have Limited Access to Antiretroviral Treatment, Advocates Say
From Kaiser Network
25/01/2008 - Russian court denies bail to prisoner dying of Aids