MOSCOW, December 23 (RIA Novosti) - A commission with the Moscow Chamber of Attorneys has ruled not to disbar an attorney for former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky, a council member said Friday.
"The commission's decision should be considered a recommendation, while resolutions of the chamber's council are not subject to any appeal," said Genrikh Padva, also an attorney for Khodorkovsky.
The appeal against Albert Mkrtychev was filed by the administration of the Krasnokamensk penal colony where Mikhail Khodorkovsky is serving out his eight-year sentence after being accused of breaching lawyer and criminal codes by carrying confidential documents.
Mkrtychev called the administration's actions illegal.
Another attempt was made earlier to disbar Mkrtychev after he had failed to attend court hearings of a writ of appeal against Khodorkovsky. The Russian Registration Department then refused to disbar the lawyer at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office.
