Khodorkovsky has declared an indefinite hunger strike.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky announced a hunger strike in protest against the extension of his period of detention, which he considers illegal. According to the website 'Radio Liberty ', this statement says the former head of Yukos, sent to the Chairman of Russian Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev.
Mikhail Khodorkovsky in a courtroom.
The statement distributed late in the evening May 17 the defendant's lawyers.
The document Khodorkovsky argues that Khamovnichesky court in Moscow, May 14, extended his period of detention, ' openly ignored the changes ' made in 2010 in the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation. We are talking about the amendments, under which to detain suspected of committing economic crimes can only be in exceptional cases, if his identity is not established or it does not have a permanent place of residence, and if the suspect was hiding from law enforcement or violated previously chosen measure of restraint.
Khodorkovsky said it would starve to as long as its application will not be brought to the attention of President Dmitry Medvedev. ' If the president would agree that they made , adopted by the Federal Assembly of Russian Federation and signed by the laws they can not be performed by other lawyers and bureaucrats at their own discretion, I will subdue at this stage in my particular situation ' - said in a statement, the defendant.