The Russian Presidential Council on Civil Society intends to complete a legal review of Mikhail Khodorkovsky's court case by fall, the head of the council, Mikhail Fedotov, said Tuesday.
Khodorkovsky, the former head of the Yukos oil company convicted of embezzlement and tax fraud, was sentenced to an additional six years on top of his initial eight-year sentence by a Moscow court in December 2010, later reduced by one year. He is now due for release in 2016.
"Although, this work is not completed, we expect to receive an expert opinion somewhere in the autumn," Fedotov said
Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev lodged a parole request on May 27, but a Moscow court returned it citing improperly filed paperwork.
