Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the trial and sentencing of Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky and the seizing of assets and state-directed takeover of the Yukos Oil Company by the Government of the Russian Federation.

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) law enforcement and judicial authorities of the Russian Federation failed to provide Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev the full measure of their rights under the Russian Constitution to defend themselves against the alleged crimes; and (2) Russian authorities should act to prove that the cases against Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev are not politically motivated, and that the state is not engaged in a campaign to reclaim or renationalize private enterprises.