03/01/2011 (Agence Europe) - The EU has expressed its concern after Mikhail Khodorkovskii and Platon Lebedev were sentenced to 14 years imprisonment on 30 December 2010. In a statement released on that same day, Catherine Ashton said: “Allegations have been made of irregularities in the proceedings, and these are a matter of serious concern and disappointment to us”. The EU will continue to follow the Khodorkovskii and Lebedev case closely and expects Russia to respect its international...