her putin's election pledges already being set in motion with a review of former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky his conviction and outgoing leader dmitri medvedev wants a prosecutor general to report back with a month within a month he was once the country's richest man but jailed in two thousand and three arrested in two thousand and three jailed on tax evasion and fraud charges r.g.s. arena costar eva reports it's really come as a surprise to this that it december finally a person did say that he was considering pardon me because i don't go see if a key admitted his guilt and would do that if he won the presidential elections we also know that this comes after a meeting president meeting with it had with the leaders of our registered and largely oppositional political parties here in russia and this is just a memory loosely they gave him and this is the people they have a guard as political prisoners and least and of course his lawyer has already said that it would have to judge the significance of this move once the investigation was completed for the post it was of course russia's richest m

the president has ordered a review of the sentence handed down to jailed for more oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky. consecutive prison terms on tax and fraud charges and let's discuss this issue more with our. marina why do you think this announcement is coming today . here it is a tricky time to be announcing that considering the fact that it comes a day after the presidential elections but it's really come as a surprise in december of lot in your piece and did say that if he won the presidential elections he would consider hardening the field for the gulf state if he admitted his guilt now we also know that this follows a meeting the president meeting that had with the leaders of unregistered and largely oppositional political parties in the country and this happened just in the february. and this review concerns the legality and the basis of convictions open thirty to russian citizens including details of the gulf state and his partner platon lebedev now the review is said to apply to the sacking conviction of me feels that the state which of course involved embezzlement and financial crimes an

fever aside president has ordered a review of the sentence handed down to form of oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky across serving consecutive prison terms on tax and fraud charges as discussed this with lindsey. in c. why do you think this announcement is coming today. well this is it has been a major agenda on the opposition parties on the on the agenda for quite some time now and actually in december letting the weekend promise that if you were elected in this case might be reviewed now it is just last month in fact. we did it met with opposition leaders and had a very private conversation the contents of that conversation was just released today and one of the items was this case in fact thirty two such cases will be set to discuss a cuter general's office to look at the legal basis of this of this of the sentencing by the study your report on this will be due on a full first as you can imagine is the big victory for the opposition as something that's that members of all opposition parties have been talking about for quite some time and it's really been a big big issue for a lot of protesters t

analysis night catching videos is a taste of what's online at the moment jailed to oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky might have his sentence for viewed as soon as april after the order by russian president medvedev for a report into the case. and who let the dogs vote your answer is the u.s. state of new mexico work is now registered voter the full story on t.v. dot com. barack obama has told a pro israeli conference in washington that america will not hesitate to use force to prevent iran from getting nuclear weapons israel has been pushing for military action against the islamic republic and the u.s. president did stress the need for a diplomatic solution is why some issue might not be the most powerful one these were reports. it's an annual tradition of more than thirteen thousand people gathering in the nation's capital by the american israel public affairs committee annual conference because people from all over the country a few common revitalise their approach it is very important the united states will back up israel and indeed it is the united state is committed to israel well apac is consi

still she was the political life force russia for oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky is to have his conviction or a few deathlok and that's been a key demand across the street protests alco in leader jimmy trimix made it has ordered the prosecutor general to check its legitimacy because he was once the country's richest man but was arrested in two thousand and three in jail don't tax evasion and fraud charges but this story today when a cluster of poultry. is surely come as a surprise just like it december bottom it wasn't did say that he was considering a pardon because of the boesky if it he admitted his guilt and would do that if you won the presidential elections we also know that this comes after a meeting president putin did have had with the leaders of on i just heard and largely oppositional political parties here in russia and this is just a memory and supposedly they gave him a list of people their regard as political prisoners and for released to the post his lawyer has already said that they would have to judge the significance of this move once the investigation was completed for

his supporters have always said that the original charges were politically motivated because mikhail khodorkovsky used to phone the russian opposition parties now this review applies to his second conviction which is based on embezzlement and financial crimes and if this is this that that means something else but of course he will be a free man once again. ok marina we'll leave it there oh thanks for that update. name was mentioned during this presidential campaign many times i thought proper off the newcomer to the top political arena also said the former oil tycoon should be released but find out what the billionaire ten to a politician thinks about the outcome of the election there and we can go live now to our g.'s lindsey rome so busy preferred to better than some been around for a while they still have big plans and visions for the future that. yes indeed. time can be wholly independent on the ballot and the youngest man also on the ballots i took eighty percent of the above and he does have plans for a political future now he also came in second in moscow st petersburg amzi catarina part a

medvedev has ordered a review of the sentence that was handed down to jailed former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky the prosecutor general is in charge and due to report his findings april first how to post new serving consecutive prison terms on tax and fraud charges or he's a marine a poster of his latest. it's really come as a surprise that this was somebody we did say that he was considering a pardon because i didn't go see it but he admitted his guilt and he would do that if he won the presidential elections we also know that this comes after a meeting presently think it had with the leaders of our largest search and largely oppositional political parties here in russia and this is just a temporary and sleazy day gave them a list of people they're regard as political prisoners and will release the post his lawyer has already said that he would have to judge the significance of this move once the investigation was completed and the post was of course russia's richest man at some point he was also the c.e.o. of ucas which was the largest oil company in the country and then he was arrested in two

president medvedev has ordered a review of the sentence handed down to jail to former oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky . serving consecutive prison terms on tax and fraud charges but discuss this now with our teaser in a coaster of a real why do you think this announcement is being made today. it is said pretty good signs of making this announcement given the fact that it comes just a day after the presidential election it's got to really come as a surprise because back in the summer driving here you did say that if you won the presidential elections you get this sort of hard to rebuild it here and also that this follows the president you can imitate the leaders of registered and largely opposition political groups back in february but of course we do not know what motivated the presence to make such a decision because you say your your asset but the significance of this move to the only people charged like the investigation is completed this really concerns that legality and the faces of the convictions of thirty two russian citizens including boesky and their pots and because of the course of one po

president medvedev has ordered a review of the said was headed out to jailed for oil tycoon mikhail khodorkovsky the prosecutor general is in sharjah new to report his findings on april first are costly arguably russia's most famous prisoner is serving consecutive terms on tax fraud tax fraud or tax and fraud charges or he's worried a coaster over his will. it surely come as a surprise because i get december blimey it wasn't did say that he was considering pardon because i didn't go see it he admitted his guilt and would do that if he won the presidential elections we also know that this comes after a meeting president meeting with it had with the leaders of registered and largely oppositional political parties here in russia and this is just a memory and so loosely they gave him a list of people they regard as political prisoners and for release to the post his lawyer has already said that they would have to judge the significance of this move once the investigation was completed for the post he was of course russia's richest man at some point and he was also the c.e.o. of get this which was th