Such measures could also include the abuse of prisoners’ rights, such as the case of Khodorkovsky’s former legal counsel Vasily Alexanyan, who was denied treatment for HIV in jail, and was released only after the intervention of the European Court of Human Rights. Medvedev’s announcement one day after Putin’s election on March 5 that the Khodorkovsky case will be reviewed is a hopeful start.
这些措施可能还包括虐待犯人的权利，如前霍多尔·科夫斯基的律师瓦西里。他​​在监狱中被拒绝对其进行艾滋病治疗，直到欧洲人权法院干预才被释放。普京总统在3月5日的选举后，梅德韦杰夫宣布霍多尔·科夫斯基的案子将会重审，这是一个充满希望的开端。