MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) - Former head of Group Menatep Platon Lebedev, sentenced to eight years in jail, said Thursday he expected Russia's Supreme Court to review his verdict.
"Today I can make a simple prediction - the Russian Supreme Court cannot authorize deliberately unjust rulings of the Meshchansky and Moscow City Courts," Lebedev's lawyers Yevgeny Baru and Konstantin Rivkin quoted him as saying. "As a rule-of-law state, Russia cannot afford to leave illegal rulings in force. If Russia amends the Constitution, and ceases to be a rule-of-law state, I will change my prediction."
"I will seek to defend my honor and dignity, and hold responsible certain people who abuse power," Lebedev said.
Baru and Rivkin have been staying since Monday in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District in West Siberia where Lebedev is serving his eight-year jail term.
