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. Read more

Sergei Magnitsky’s Mother Demands Public Apology for Defaming her Son From Chairman of Duma’s Foreign Affairs Committee

July 29, 2013

The moth­er of Sergei Mag­nit­sky has demand­ed a pub­lic apol­o­gy from Alex­ei Pushkov, MP, chair­man of the Russ­ian State Duma’s For­eign Affairs Com­mit­tee, who pub­licly stat­ed that Sergei Mag­nit­sky “was no fight­er with cor­rup­tion” and that it “was not deter­mined” that he had died from beat­ing in recent state­ments to the Russ­ian and inter­na­tion­al press. Read more

Sergei Magnitsky Is Expected to Be Found Guilty in the First Ever Posthumous Trial in Russian History

July 11, 2013

Today, at the Tver­skoi dis­trict court in Moscow, judge Igor Alisov, is expect­ed to find Sergei Mag­nit­sky guilty of tax eva­sion in the first ever posthu­mous tri­al in Russ­ian his­to­ry. It is also expect­ed that judge Alisov will find William Brow­der guilty of the same crimes in absen­tia. The pro­ceed­ings against Mag­nit­sky and Brow­der have been con­demned around the world as ille­git­i­mate, polit­i­cal­ly moti­vat­ed and incom­pat­i­ble with inter­na­tion­al and Russ­ian law Read more

Russian Prosecutor Seeks Moscow Court to Declare Sergei Magnitsky Guilty and Not Be Rehabilitated in First Posthumous Trial in Russian History

July 3, 2013

Today, the Russ­ian pros­e­cu­tor has asked the Tver­skoi court in Moscow to declare that Sergei Mag­nit­sky was guilty and that he should be refused reha­bil­i­ta­tion. The request was made dur­ing the last ses­sion of the tri­al of Sergei Mag­nit­sky who has been deceased for three and a half years after being tor­tured and killed in police custody.

The pros­e­cu­tor asked the court not to apply any pun­ish­ment to Sergei Mag­nit­sky, and to cease the case with the ver­dict of guilty and no chance of future rehabilitation.

“Mag­nit­sky is ful­ly incrim­i­nat­ed, and there are no grounds for his reha­bil­i­ta­tion,” said pros­e­cu­tor accord­ing to Inter­fax news agency (http://www.interfax.ru/russia/txt.asp?id=316392). Read more

Council of Europe’s Rapporteur Presents Explosive 41-Page Report on the Magnitsky Affair Completely Rubbishing the Russian Government’s Version of Events

June 25, 2013

Today, the Coun­cil of Europe’s Rap­por­teur, Andreas Gross MP, pre­sent­ed the results of a detailed six-month review of the tor­ture and death of Sergei Mag­nit­sky in Russ­ian state cus­tody and the state sanc­tioned cov­er-up which fol­lowed. His 41-page report enti­tled, “Refus­ing Impuni­ty for the Killers of Sergei Mag­nit­sky,” was pre­sent­ed to the Human Rights and Legal Affairs Com­mit­tee of the Coun­cil of Europe this morning.
The report labels as “unac­cept­able” the ongo­ing impuni­ty of those respon­si­ble for Mr Magnitsky’s death and for the largest known theft of pub­lic funds in Russ­ian his­to­ry that Mag­nit­sky had exposed. Read more

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