Magnitsky Campaign Releases Names of 28 Russian Officials Currently Involved in the Posthumous Cases Against Magnitsky for Inclusion on New International Sanctions Lists

December 27, 2016

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Mag­nit­sky Cam­paign Releas­es Names of 28 Russ­ian Offi­cials Cur­rent­ly Involved in the Posthu­mous Cas­es Against Mag­nit­sky for Inclu­sion on New Inter­na­tion­al Sanc­tions Lists

27 Decem­ber 2016 — Today, the Glob­al Cam­paign for Jus­tice for Sergei Mag­nit­sky pub­lished a list of 28 Russ­ian offi­cials involved in cur­rent crim­i­nal cas­es against Sergei Mag­nit­sky in spite of the fact that he was killed in police cus­tody in 2009.

The list includes 28 offi­cials from the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry, Pros­e­cu­tor’s Office, FSB and the Inves­tiga­tive Committee.

The release of these new names coin­cides with the con­sid­er­a­tion or pas­sage of Mag­nit­sky sanc­tions leg­is­la­tion in the Unit­ed States, Cana­da, the U.K., Esto­nia and at the EU.

The two Russ­ian offi­cials who had insti­gat­ed the per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky posthu­mous­ly — Deputy Gen­er­al Pros­e­cu­tor Vic­tor Grin and Inte­ri­or Min­istry inves­ti­ga­tor Oleg Urzhumt­sev — have already been sanc­tioned under the “Sergei Mag­nit­sky Rule of Law Account­abil­i­ty Act.”

The Russ­ian offi­cials list­ed below have reject­ed numer­ous com­plaints filed by Mag­nit­sky’s moth­er, Natalia Magnitskaya.

Mrs Mag­nit­skaya’s most recent com­plaint filed by her lawyer with the Russ­ian author­i­ties seek­ing to end the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of her son, said:

” It is cur­rent­ly known that the same crim­i­nal group [which stole US$230 mil­lion] per­pe­trat­ed a num­ber of sim­i­lar crimes, and the amount of funds stolen from the bud­get is about US$800 mil­lion. S. Mag­nit­sky was placed into cus­tody on 24 Novem­ber 2008 soon after he gave tes­ti­mo­ny impli­cat­ing mem­bers of this crim­i­nal group. In a lit­tle less than a year, on 16 Novem­ber 2009, he was found dead in the cell of the col­lec­tion unit of Matrosskaya Tishi­na deten­tion cen­ter. The loca­tion and nature of injuries on his body indis­putably tes­ti­fy to the vio­lent caus­es of the death of S.Magnitsky.

After S. Mag­nit­sky was phys­i­cal­ly elim­i­nat­ed, inves­ti­ga­tor O. Urzhumt­sev cre­at­ed a know­ing­ly false ver­sion of the crime, as pur­port­ed­ly com­mit­ted by S. Mag­nit­sky him­self, which was aimed to com­pro­mise the deceased and was mon­strous in its cyn­i­cism and injustice.”

The Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry refused Mrs Mag­nit­skaya’s com­plaint against her son’s posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion on the ground that Mrs Mag­nit­skaya did not have a pro­ce­dur­al sta­tus to lodge this com­plaint, and said:

“The inves­ti­ga­tion sees no grounds to treat Mrs Mag­nit­skaya as a per­son whose inter­ests are affect­ed by the crim­i­nal prosecution.”

The refusal of Mrs Mag­nit­skaya’s com­plaint was pre­pared by Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry inves­ti­ga­tor Ranchenkov pur­suant to a crim­i­nal case about the laun­dered US$230 mil­lion pro­ceeds of fraud — the crime uncov­ered by Sergei Mag­nit­sky and in which he is being posthu­mous­ly accused by the Russ­ian author­i­ties. This posthu­mous pro­ceed­ing is cur­rent­ly over­seen by deputy head of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment Krakovsky and deputy head of the Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Direc­torate of Inves­ti­ga­tions of Organ­ised Crim­i­nal Activ­i­ty Shneiderman.

List of Offi­cials Per­se­cut­ing Sergei Mag­nit­sky Posthu­mous­ly — 2011 – 2016:

1. R. Fil­ip­pov — inves­ti­ga­tor of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment, respon­si­ble for the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky under case No 678540
2. P. Tam­bovt­sev - inves­ti­ga­tor of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment, respon­si­ble for the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky under case No 678540
3. A. Ranchenkov — inves­ti­ga­tor of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment, respon­si­ble for the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky under case No 678540
4. Y. Shinin - first deputy head of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment who sanc­tioned the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Magnitsky
5. M. Alexan­drov - head of Direc­torate of Inves­ti­ga­tions of Organ­ised Crime and Cor­rup­tion of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment, deputy head of the Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment, and then deputy head of the Gen­er­al Pros­e­cu­tor’s Office Direc­torate of the Over­sight over Inves­ti­ga­tions of Espe­cial­ly Impor­tant Cas­es, over­see­ing cas­es against Sergei Mag­nit­sky posthumously
6. A. Saribzhanov - deputy head of Direc­torate of Inves­ti­ga­tions of Organ­ised Crime and Cor­rup­tion of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment who refused com­plaint from Mag­nit­sky’s moth­er against the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of her son
7. S. Shamin — head of 2^nd sec­tion of Direc­torate of Inves­ti­ga­tions of Organ­ised Crime and Cor­rup­tion of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment who sanc­tioned posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Magnitsky
8. A. Ryabt­sev — head of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Main Depart­ment of Eco­nom­ic Secu­ri­ty and Com­bat­ing Corruption(Department “K”), involved in the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and exon­er­a­tion of those involved in Mag­nit­sky’s death
9. D. Mityaev — offi­cial of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Main­De­part­ment of Eco­nom­ic Secu­ri­ty and Com­bat­ing Corruption(Department “K”), involved in the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and exon­er­a­tion of those involved in Mag­nit­sky’s death
10. A. Krakovsky - deputy head of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment respon­si­ble for the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky sev­en years after his death in custody
11. S. Shnei­der­man - deputy head of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment respon­si­ble for the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky sev­en years after his death in custody
12. S. Mura­shev - deputy head of sec­ond sec­tion of the Direc­torate of the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Inves­tiga­tive Depart­ment respon­si­ble for the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky sev­en years after his death in custody
13. V. Yudin — head of the Russ­ian Gen­er­al Pros­e­cu­tor’s Office Direc­torate of Over­sight over Inves­ti­ga­tions of Espe­cial­ly Impor­tant Cas­es, respon­si­ble for the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Magnitsky
14. V. Ignashin — deputy head of the Russ­ian Gen­er­al Pros­e­cu­tor’s Office Direc­torate of Over­sight over Inves­ti­ga­tions of Espe­cial­ly Impor­tant Cas­es, respon­si­ble for the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Magnitsky
15. S. Bochkarev — pros­e­cu­tor of the Russ­ian Gen­er­al Pros­e­cu­tor’s Office Direc­torate of Over­sight over Inves­ti­ga­tions of Espe­cial­ly Impor­tant Cas­es, respon­si­ble for the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Magnitsky
16. A. Kulikov — pros­e­cu­tor of the sec­ond sec­tion of the Russ­ian Gen­er­al Pros­e­cu­tor’s Office Direc­torate of Over­sight over Inves­ti­ga­tions of Espe­cial­ly Impor­tant Cas­es, respon­si­ble for the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Magnitsky
17. D. Stroitelev — head of sec­tion of the FSB’s Direc­torate K (Finan­cial Coun­ter­in­tel­li­gence) involved in the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and refusal of com­plaint from Mag­nit­sky’s mother
18. V. Komarov — offi­cer of the FSB’s Direc­torate K (Finan­cial Coun­ter­in­tel­li­gence) involved in the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Magnitsky
19. A. Pogreb­nyak — offi­cer of the FSB’s Direc­torate K (Finan­cial Coun­ter­in­tel­li­gence) involved in the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Magnitsky
20. E. Gol­ubev — inves­ti­ga­tor of the Russ­ian Inves­ti­ga­tions Com­mit­tee who exon­er­at­ed tax offi­cials from lia­bil­i­ty for the US$230 mil­lion theft and posthu­mous­ly per­se­cut­ed Sergei Mag­nit­sky in spite of com­plaints from Mag­nit­sky’s mother
21. V. Aly­shev — deputy head of the Main Inves­tiga­tive Direc­torate of the Russ­ian Inves­ti­ga­tions Com­mit­tee who exon­er­at­ed from lia­bil­i­ty Inte­ri­or Min­istry offi­cials who per­se­cut­ed Sergei Magnitsky
22. A. Iskant­sev — act­ing head of the Main Inves­tiga­tive Direc­torate of the Russ­ian Inves­ti­ga­tions Com­mit­tee who exon­er­at­ed from lia­bil­i­ty Inte­ri­or Min­istry offi­cials who per­se­cut­ed Sergei Magnitsky
23. S. Olkhovnikov — deputy head of the sec­ond inves­tiga­tive sec­tion of the first inves­tiga­tive depart­ment for Cen­tral Dis­trict of the Main Inves­tiga­tive Direc­torate of the Russ­ian Inves­ti­ga­tions Com­mit­tee over­see­ing the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and the exon­er­a­tion of offi­cials impli­cat­ed by Mag­nit­sky in the US$230 mil­lion theft
24. S. Kiryukhin — head of the sec­ond inves­tiga­tive sec­tion of the first inves­tiga­tive depart­ment of the Main Inves­tiga­tive Direc­torate of the Russ­ian Inves­ti­ga­tions Com­mit­tee over­see­ing the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and the exon­er­a­tion of offi­cials impli­cat­ed by Mag­nit­sky in the US$230 mil­lion theft
25. L. Kolobko­va — deputy head of the first inves­tiga­tive depart­ment of the Main Inves­tiga­tive Direc­torate of the Russ­ian Inves­ti­ga­tions Com­mit­tee over­see­ing the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and the exon­er­a­tion of offi­cials impli­cat­ed by Mag­nit­sky in the US$230 mil­lion theft
26. A. Prokopets — act­ing head of the first inves­tiga­tive depart­ment of the Main Inves­tiga­tive Direc­torate of the Russ­ian Inves­ti­ga­tions Com­mit­tee over­see­ing the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and the exon­er­a­tion of offi­cials impli­cat­ed by Mag­nit­sky in the US$230 mil­lion theft
27. R. Erd­niev — deputy head of the Direc­torate of Pro­ce­dur­al Over­sight over Inves­ti­ga­tions of Espe­cial­ly Impor­tant Cas­es in Fed­er­al Dis­tricts of the Russ­ian Inves­ti­ga­tions Com­mit­tee over­see­ing the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and the exon­er­a­tion of offi­cials impli­cat­ed by Mag­nit­sky in the US$230 mil­lion theft
28. Y. Tyu­tyun­nik — act­ing head of the Main Inves­tiga­tive Direc­torate of the Inves­ti­ga­tions Com­mit­tee over­see­ing the posthu­mous per­se­cu­tion of Sergei Mag­nit­sky and the exon­er­a­tion of offi­cials impli­cat­ed by Mag­nit­sky in the US$230 mil­lion theft.

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Glob­al Jus­tice for Sergei Magnitsky

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Extract from Mrs Mag­nit­skaya’s Com­plaint against her son’s posthu­mous persecution

Below is an extract from the com­plaint filed with the Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry by Mrs Mag­nit­skaya’s lawyer against her son’s posthu­mous persecution:

“The inves­ti­ga­tion of this crim­i­nal case affects the con­sti­tu­tion­al rights of Mrs Mag­nit­skaya and her deceased son. 

Since the end of 2007 and in 2008 Sergei Mag­nit­sky took active part in expos­ing the crim­i­nal group respon­si­ble for the theft of 5.4 bil­lion rou­bles [US$230 mil­lion] from the state bud­get under the dis­guise of a tax refund. 

Today, the inves­ti­ga­tion has numer­ous proofs that the theft had been com­mit­ted by the crim­i­nal group which com­prised heads of Moscow Tax Inspec­torates No 25 and 28 E.Khimina and O.Stepanova and their sub­or­di­nates; own­er and employ­ees of Uni­ver­sal Sav­ings Bank; pre­vi­ous­ly con­vict­ed Markelov, Kurochkin and Khleb­nikov;  offi­cials from the Moscow Inte­ri­or Min­istry’s Tax Crime Depart­ment  who assist­ed them, and others. 

Fur­ther­more, it is cur­rent­ly known that the same crim­i­nal group per­pe­trat­ed a num­ber of sim­i­lar crimes, and the amount of funds stolen from the bud­get is about US$800 mil­lion. The theft of 5.4 bil­lion rou­bles was not the first and not the last in the list of their crimes. Hav­ing unlim­it­ed finan­cial resources at their dis­pos­al and hav­ing secured pro­tec­tion at the high admin­is­tra­tive lev­el, they have organ­ised per­se­cu­tion against those who dis­rupt­ed and exposed their crim­i­nal activity.

1. Mag­nit­sky was placed into cus­tody on 24 Novem­ber 2008 soon after he gave tes­ti­mo­ny impli­cat­ing mem­bers of this crim­i­nal group. In a lit­tle less than a year, on 16 Novem­ber 2009, he was found dead in the cell of the col­lec­tion unit of Matrosskaya Tishi­na deten­tion cen­ter. The loca­tion and nature of injuries on his body indis­putably tes­ti­fy to the vio­lent caus­es of the death of S.Magnitsky.

After S. Mag­nit­sky was phys­i­cal­ly elim­i­nat­ed, inves­ti­ga­tor O. Urzhumt­sev cre­at­ed a know­ing­ly false ver­sion of the crime, as pur­port­ed­ly com­mit­ted by S. Mag­nit­sky him­self, which was aimed to com­pro­mise the deceased and was mon­strous in its cyn­i­cism and injustice.

The decree to com­mence a crim­i­nal case, inves­ti­ga­tor O.Urzhumtsev includ­ed data about alleged com­plic­i­ty of S. Mag­nit­sky in the 5.4 bil­lion rou­bles theft, which in fact S.Magnitsky had uncovered.”

The com­plaint from Mrs Mag­nit­skaya’s lawyer fur­ther says that the con­clu­sion on com­plic­i­ty of S. Mag­nit­sky in the wrong-doing is a know­ing lie and slan­der, con­trary to the arti­cle 8 of the Russ­ian Crim­i­nal Pro­ce­dure Code which stip­u­lates that no one can be recog­nised as guilty in com­mit­ting the offence in the absence of a court judgment.

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