On October 17, 2017, the European Court of Human Rights issued its judgment on a complaint filed by Alexei and Oleg Navalny concerning the Yves Rocher case.
Earlier, the Russian authorities had sentenced Alexei Navalny to three and a half years’ suspended imprisonment and Oleg Navalny to three and a half years in prison on fabricated charges that they had allegedly deceived Yves Rocher Vostok into signing an unfavorable contract with intermediary company and embezzled funds. Even the alleged victims themselves did not believe they had suffered any damage.
The European Court found that the Russian authorities had violated their right to a fair trial and the principle that criminal punishment must be based on law. The Court concluded that the prosecution and convictions were arbitrary and unforeseeable. In doing so, it established that the Russian judgment failed to meet the fundamental standards of the rule of law and a fair judicial process.
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