Helsinki Commission to Hold Briefing on Impact of "Yukos Affair" on Russian Business

WASHINGTON - Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), Chairman of the United States Helsinki Commission, announced that the Commission will hold a briefing on the political and business implications of the prosecution and imprisonment of Russian Yukos Oil Chairman and CEO, Mikhail Khodorkovsky:

THE "YUKOS AFFAIR" AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR

POLITICS AND BUSINESS IN RUSSIA

2:00 – 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

192 Dirksen Senate Office Building

The featured panelist will be:

Mr. Leonid Nevzlin, longtime business partner and friend of former Yukos Oil Chairman, Mikhail Khodorkovsky.

Mr. Peter Roudik, Senior Foreign Law Expert, Congressional Research Service