Yuri Schmidt

Yuri Markovich Schmidt (c. 1937 – 12 January 2013) was a Russian human rights lawyer known for defending dissidents since the 1970s.

Schmidt was born in Leningrad. He was a member of the Mikhail Khodorkovsky defense team from 2004, and headed the legal team for several years before his death in 2013, following a long battle with cancer.

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Remembering Yuri Schmidt
Yuri Schmidt, Lawyer for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Dies at Age 75

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 97147408 LCCN: nr95002881 ISNI: 0000 0001 1879 9306 GND: 1044536365

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