On October 17, 2017, the European Court of Human Rights issued a judgment on Alexei and Oleg Navalny’s complaint against the verdict in the Yves Rocher case.
Earlier, the Russian authorities had sentenced Alexei Navalny to 3.5 years’ probation and Oleg to 3.5 years in prison on fabricated charges that they had allegedly deceived Yves Rocher Vostok into signing an unfavorable contract with an intermediary company and embezzled money. 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 punishment may be imposed only on the basis of law: the charges and the verdict were arbitrary and unforeseeable. Thus, the international court established that the Russian verdict did not meet the basic requirements of law and a fair trial.
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