Nikolai Gorokhov Returns to Moscow Court After Four-Story Plunge to Release New Evidence on Magnitsky’s Death Cover Up

May 24, 2017

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Niko­lai Gorokhov Returns to Moscow Court After Four-Sto­ry Plunge to Release New Evi­dence on Mag­nit­sky’s Death Cov­er Up 

24 May 2017 – Today at 3pm the Moscow Bas­man­ny court will hear a com­plaint filed by Niko­lai Gorokhov, the lawyer rep­re­sent­ing Sergei Mag­nit­sky’s moth­er about new evi­dence of an offi­cial cov­er up of Sergei Magnitsky’s death in custody.

The pre­vi­ous court hear­ing which had been sched­uled for 24 March 2017 in which Mr Gorokhov intend­ed to present this evi­dence could not go ahead because Mr Gorokhov plunged four sto­ries from his apart­ment in cir­cum­stances which many believe were intend­ed to stop his activities.

The com­plaint filed by Mr Gorokhov alleges that an offi­cial cov­er up of Sergei Mag­nit­sky’s death was orches­trat­ed by the Russ­ian inves­ti­ga­tor Strizhov, who closed the Mag­nit­sky death case claim­ing there was “no crime,” despite injuries on Magnitsky’s body.

The new evi­dence sub­mit­ted by Mr Gorokhov shows that inves­ti­ga­tor Strizhov worked close­ly with key sus­pects impli­cat­ed by Sergei Mag­nit­sky in the US$230 mil­lion fraud, while pur­port­ed­ly inves­ti­gat­ing them.

The new evi­dence com­pris­es What­sApp con­ver­sa­tions and emails from the so-called “Pavlov Leaks” pub­lished on the Inter­net. The key con­ver­sa­tions are between Andrei Pavlov, a key mem­ber of the Kluyev orga­nized crime group, and his long-term asso­ciate, for­mer Russ­ian Inte­ri­or Min­istry inves­ti­ga­tor Oleg Urzhumtsev.

The Pavlov Leaks show that there were agree­ments between inves­ti­ga­tor Strizhov and mem­bers of the Klyuev group one month before inves­ti­ga­tor Strizhov exon­er­at­ed Pavlov, Inte­ri­or Min­istry offi­cer Urzhumt­sev and oth­er crim­i­nal group asso­ciates from lia­bil­i­ty for the US$230 mln theft and its cov­er up.

Mr Gorokhov filed a com­plaint against the refusal by the Russ­ian Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee to inves­ti­gate the new evi­dence of abuse of office by inves­ti­ga­tor Strizhov in Magnitsky’s death investigation.

The com­plaint will be heard today by judge Safi­na of Bas­man­ny dis­trict court at 3 pm.

For more infor­ma­tion, please contact:

Jus­tice for Sergei Magnitsky

+44 207 440 1777

e‑mail: info@lawandorderinrussia.org

www.lawandorderinrussia.org

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