It was often said that enlightened self-interest would push Russia's robber barons, like their American counterparts in the last century, into seeing the merits of a properly enforceable legal framework to regulate both business and politics.
Moreover, for those cases in which either the outcome of trial or intervening legal rulings by other courts raise questions about the merits of the original prosecution, it can often be difficult to get the special attention that is often required in the interests of justice.