Magnitsky Family Lawyer Remains in Intensive Care Unit, But no Longer in Critical Condition

March 22, 2017

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Mag­nit­sky Fam­i­ly Lawyer Remains in Inten­sive Care Unit, But no Longer in Crit­i­cal Condition

 22 March 2017 – Russ­ian lawyer Niko­lai Gorokhov, who rep­re­sents Sergei Magnitsky’s fam­i­ly, remains in the inten­sive care unit at Moscow Botkin hos­pi­tal. His con­di­tion is present­ly assessed as seri­ous, but not crit­i­cal. He is con­scious and respon­sive and this morn­ing Niko­lai was able to speak to doctors.

“Our thoughts and prayers are now with Niko­lai and his fam­i­ly at this dif­fi­cult time,” said William Brow­der, leader of the glob­al Mag­nit­sky jus­tice campaign.

Since last night, Russ­ian state media car­ried state­ments from Russ­ian law enforce­ment sources dis­miss­ing foul play.

Details about the inci­dent with Niko­lai Gorokhov were first pub­li­cised soon after the inci­dent by life.ru, a Russ­ian media orga­ni­za­tion report­ed­ly con­nect­ed to Russ­ian state secu­ri­ty services.

The details pre­sent­ed by life.ru and oth­er Russ­ian state-con­trolled media con­tra­dict the infor­ma­tion avail­able from eye­wit­ness­es. The notable dif­fer­ences con­cern the num­ber of work­ers at the scene who were deliv­er­ing a bath­tub to the upper floor of the apart­ment build­ing where the lawyer lives, and the where­abouts of the peo­ple at the scene dur­ing the incident.

Niko­lai Gorokhov was sched­uled to appear this morn­ing, at 10:50 am, in front of the Moscow City Appeals Court to argue the new “Pavlov Leaks” case expos­ing orga­nized crime and cor­rup­tion in the US$230 mil­lion fraud inves­ti­ga­tion in which all Russ­ian offi­cials were exon­er­at­ed and Sergei Mag­nit­sky was accused posthumously.

The new evi­dence sub­mit­ted by Niko­lai Gorokhov in par­tic­u­lar shows reg­u­lar com­mu­ni­ca­tions between Andrei Pavlov, lawyer for the Klyuev orga­nized crime group who was involved in the US$230 mln fraud, and Oleg Urzhumt­sev, ex Inte­ri­or Min­istry inves­ti­ga­tor (sanc­tioned under the US Mag­nit­sky Act), who helped Pavlov and oth­ers evade respon­si­bil­i­ty for their role in the crime that Sergei Mag­nit­sky exposed. Cer­tain Klyuev gang mem­bers are iden­ti­fied in the com­mu­ni­ca­tions by their crim­i­nal alias­es such as: “The Bold” and “The Great.”

The out­come of the hear­ing at the Moscow City Court today is not known.

For more infor­ma­tion, please contact:

Jus­tice for Sergei Magnitsky

+44 207 440 1777

e‑mail: info@lawandorderinrussia.org

www.lawandorderinrussia.org

billbrowder.com

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