Lawyers Anton Drel (second from the right) and Genrikh Padva (third from the right) attend the Moscow City Court (Mosgorsud) hearings of their client Mikhail Khodorkovsky's appeal filed to protest against extension of his preliminary confinement.

Participants of a picket staged at the Moscow City Court held up portraits of Yukos oil company major shareholder and CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky and slogans denouncing the charges brought against him. Mr Khodorkovsky is accused of fraud and illegal methods of tax evasion.

Former CEO and major shareholder of Yukos oil company - Mikhail Khodorkovsky (shown on the television screen) attends the Moscow City Court hearings of his appeal filed to protest against extension of his preliminary confinement.

The image of the former head of the oil company YUKOS Mikhail Khodorkovsky is seen on the screen of the monitor in the Moscow city court (Mosgorsud) where the cassation complaint of his lawyers was considered.