Bill Browder to Give Damning Testimony On the Criminality of the Putin Regime to UK Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee

November 8, 2016

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Bill Brow­der to Give Damn­ing Tes­ti­mo­ny On the Crim­i­nal­i­ty of the Putin Regime to UK Par­lia­men­t’s For­eign Affairs Committee 

 

8 Novem­ber 2016 – Bill Brow­der, author of the best-sell­ing book, “Red Notice: How I Became Putin’s Num­ber One Ene­my,” and leader of the glob­al Mag­nit­sky Jus­tice cam­paign, will tes­ti­fy in the British par­lia­ment today, 8 Novem­ber 2016, at 3:45 pm.

 

The hear­ing enti­tled “Crit­ics of the Krem­lin give evi­dence” is part of an inquiry on the UK’s rela­tions with Rus­sia and is orga­nized by the For­eign Affairs Com­mit­tee of the House of Commons.

 

Mr Brow­der will speak about his per­son­al expe­ri­ence of deal­ing with Russ­ian author­i­ties, who have declared him a threat to nation­al secu­ri­ty; his campaign’s recent dis­cov­er­ies con­nect­ing illic­it funds stolen from the Russ­ian peo­ple direct­ly to Pres­i­dent Putin’s cronies; the role of West­ern enablers in attempt­ing to pro­tect Russia’s klep­to­crats in the UK, and the impli­ca­tions for UK-Rus­sia policy.

 

Mr Brow­der will talk about the fate of his young Russ­ian lawyer, Sergei Mag­nit­sky, who uncov­ered the theft of US$230 mil­lion from the Russ­ian trea­sury by a crim­i­nal enter­prise involv­ing Russ­ian offi­cials, and who was killed in Russ­ian police cus­tody at the age of 37.
After Magnitsky’s death, Russ­ian author­i­ties posthu­mous­ly accused him of the crime he had uncov­ered and exon­er­at­ed all officials.

 

The Glob­al Mag­nit­sky Jus­tice cam­paign has uncov­ered illic­it funds con­nect­ed to the US$230 mil­lion laun­dered in mul­ti­ple juris­dic­tions, includ­ing the UK, and a num­ber of pro­ceed­ings around the world have been ini­ti­at­ed as a result.

 

The Glob­al Mag­nit­sky Jus­tice cam­paign also calls for tar­get­ed visa and finan­cial sanc­tions on those con­nect­ed to Sergei Magnitsky’s death and the crime he had uncov­ered. A law impos­ing such sanc­tions was intro­duced in the USA in 2012. A sim­i­lar leg­is­la­tion has been ini­ti­at­ed in the UK.

 

The tes­ti­mo­ny by Mr Brow­der on UK-Rus­sia rela­tions will take place at Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House, and will start at 3.45pm on Tues­day, 8 Novem­ber 2016.

 

Mr Brow­der will be pre­ced­ed by Russ­ian dis­si­dent Mikhail Khodor­kovsky who will also give evi­dence to the committee.

 

For more infor­ma­tion, please contact:

 

Jus­tice for Sergei Magnitsky

+44 207 440 1777

e‑mail: info@lawandorderinrussia.org

www.lawandorderinrussia.org

billbrowder.com

twitter.com/Billbrowder

 

Announce­ment of the hear­ing on UK-Rus­sia rela­tions at the Com­mons Select Committee:

https://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a‑z/commons-select/foreign-affairs-committee/news-parliament-2015/russia-critics-evidence-16 – 17/

 

 

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