Russian Activists Demonstrate in Front of UK and US Embassies in Moscow to Support Expansion of Magnitsky List

August 1, 2013

A group of Russ­ian civ­il rights activists demon­strat­ed in front of the US and UK embassies in Moscow in sup­port of the “The Mag­nit­sky list” — which impos­es tar­get­ed visa sanc­tions and asset freezes on Russ­ian offi­cials involved in cor­rup­tion and gross human rights abuse. The sanc­tions became law last year in the US with the pas­sage of the Sergei Mag­nit­sky Rule of Law Account­abil­i­ty Act by an over­whelm­ing bi-par­ti­san major­i­ty in Congress.

The Russ­ian activists urged the US gov­ern­ment to expand the Mag­nit­sky list. One of the posters at the demon­stra­tion called for sanc­tions to be imposed on Moscow dis­trict court judge Igor Alisov, who presided over the first posthu­mous tri­al in the his­to­ry of Rus­sia. The tri­al con­clud­ed last month with Sergei Mag­nit­sky being found “guilty”, in spite of the fact that he has been dead for more than three and a half years.

 
 

 
 
 
 
 

The civ­il rights activists in Moscow said they came to the embassies to show sup­port and grat­i­tude for actions in the US and UK to adopt sanc­tions on Sergei Mag­nit­sky’s killers.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

This week’s pick­et is the third in a series of sim­i­lar actions. The first Mag­nit­sky list pick­et took place exact­ly a year ago. Last year, the Moscow author­i­ties banned a request for a Mag­nit­sky list demon­stra­tion on the grounds that it would undu­ly pres­sure the courts. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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