Moscow City Bar Association Condemns the Persecution of the Hermitage Fund Lawyers Who Had Exposed Corruption, Calls Upon General Prosecutor to Open a Criminal Case Against Responsible Officials
July 5, 2010
The Moscow City Bar Association has condemned the systematic persecution of Russian lawyers of the Hermitage Fund who had reported state officials involved in the theft of $230 million of budget funds and has called upon the Russian General Prosecutor Yuri Chaika to open a criminal case against those officials. The petition is signed by Genri Reznik, head of the Moscow City Bar Association, and Robert Zinoviev, Head of the Commission for the Support of the Professional and Social Rights of Lawyers (see text in Russian at: http://www.advokatymoscow.ru/legal_regulation/apm_dokuments/zashita_advokatov_doc/hayretdinov/to_chayka.php). Read more
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