The state prosecutor in the Yukos case called Padva a professional of the highest level

Honored Lawyer of Russia Henry Padva was a professional of the highest level. This was stated on February 10 in an interview with Izvestia by the state prosecutor in the YUKOS corporation case, senior prosecutor Dmitry Shokhin.

In the Yukos case, Padva acted as a defense attorney for the accused.

"This is a professional of the highest level. This is well known, recognized by all," Shokhin said.

According to the prosecutor, the lawyer possessed high human qualities and is a worthy role model in the law community.

In the service of the law: lawyer Heinrich Padva died

The lawyer died at the age of 95.

Padva's death became known on the same day. His clients were businessman Alisher Usmanov, former Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov Serdyukov, as well as actor Vladislav Galkin and many other famous personalities. The lawyer's wife, in turn, said that the cause of Padva's death was a stroke.

Later it became known that the farewell to Padva would take place on February 12 at 12:00 Moscow time in the funeral hall at Marshal Timoshenko str., 25.

The former president of the FPA, Yuri Pilipenko, called Padva an outstanding lawyer, about whom only the kindest words can be said. The current head of the FPA, Svetlana Volodina, in turn, noted that the scale of Padva's personality was so great that after his departure, colleagues massively sent condolences to the entire Russian legal profession.

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