Lithuania Freezes Bank Accounts and Joins Three Other European Countries in Launching Investigation into Magnitsky Case

January 21, 2013

The author­i­ties of Lithua­nia have joined three oth­er Euro­pean coun­tries in launch­ing mon­ey laun­der­ing inves­ti­ga­tions into the funds stolen from the Russ­ian trea­sury through a scheme exposed by late Her­mitage Fund’s lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky, accord­ing to Busi­ness Week magazine.
The Lithuan­ian author­i­ties have also frozen funds in Lithuan­ian banks fol­low­ing the com­plaint filed by Her­mitage Cap­i­tal Man­age­ment in July 2012, said Busi­ness Week in an arti­cle “A Russ­ian Lawyer’s Death Trig­gers a Glob­al Mon­ey Hunt” (http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013 – 01-17/a‑russian-lawyers-death-triggers-a-global-money-hunt#p2). Read more

Magnitsky’s Mother Appeals to Moscow Bar Association For All Lawyers To Boycott the Posthumous Trial of Her Son

January 15, 2013

Sergei Mag­nit­sky’s moth­er has appealed to Hen­ry Reznik, the Chair­man of the Moscow City Bar, and through him to all mem­bers of the Moscow Bar to not par­tic­i­pate as ” state appoint­ed coun­sel” in the posthu­mous tri­al of her son. She made her request in a for­mal appli­ca­tion filed with the Moscow Bar Association.
“I regard par­tic­i­pa­tion in this unlaw­ful action as coop­er­a­tion with the vio­la­tors of the law and human rights, and as aid­ing in the com­mis­sion of a crime against my son,” said Natalia Mag­nit­sky. Read more

Swiss Money Laundering Investigation in the Magnitsky Case Widens With New Requests Sent to Multiple Swiss Financial Institutions and Accounts Frozen

January 9, 2013

The Swiss Pros­e­cu­tor has widened its probe into the mon­ey laun­der­ing involv­ing Russ­ian offi­cials con­nect­ed to the crimes uncov­ered by Sergei Mag­nit­sky. The Swiss author­i­ties have sent requests to mul­ti­ple finan­cial insti­tu­tions and frozen accounts, report­ed Tages-Anzeiger, one of Switzerland’s main newspapers. 

A num­ber of bank accounts have been frozen con­tain­ing mil­lions of funds in unspec­i­fied cur­ren­cy, accord­ing to the news­pa­per arti­cle “Sus­pi­cion of Mon­ey Laun­der­ing: Con­fed­er­a­tion Blocked Mil­lions” (http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/Verdacht-auf-Geldwaescherei-Bund-blockiert-Millionen/story/10790179). Read more

Kratov Acquittal in Magnitsky’s Death Case is a Total Miscarriage of Justice

December 28, 2012

Today Judge Tatiana Nevero­va of Tver­skoi Dis­trict Court of Moscow acquit­ted Dmit­ry Kra­tov, for­mer deputy head of Butyr­ka in charge of med­ical care find­ing no evi­dence of neg­li­gence in his actions lead­ing to the death of Sergei Magnitsky.

Dmit­ry Kra­tov was the only per­son on the list of 60 Offi­cials pub­lished by the U.S. Helsin­ki Com­mis­sion for their role in the Mag­nit­sky case who has been on trial.

«Not a sin­gle offi­cial respon­si­ble for Sergei Mag­nit­sky’s false arrest, tor­ture and death or the crimes he had unovered have been pros­e­cut­ed by the Russ­ian author­i­ties,» said a Her­mitage Cap­i­tal rep­re­sen­ta­tive. Read more

Magnitky’s Mother Will Boycott Court Hearing of Verdict on Prison Doctor Kratov

December 28, 2012

The moth­er of Sergei Mag­nit­sky said she would boy­cott today’s hear­ing where a Moscow court is sched­uled to announce the ver­dict in the case of Dmit­ry Kra­tov, for­mer deputy head of Butyr­ka, the only offi­cial charged in con­nec­tion with the death of her son. 

In the pre­vi­ous court hear­ing on Kra­tov’s crim­i­nal case, the Russ­ian pros­e­cu­tor made the sur­pris­ing and high­ly unusu­al deci­sion to ask the court to exon­er­ate Kra­tov. It is nor­mal­ly the job of the defence attor­ney to ask for exon­er­a­tion, and not the pros­e­cu­tor. The pros­e­cu­tor sud­den­ly changed direc­tion after Pres­i­dent Putin pub­licly stat­ed on 20 Decem­ber 2012 that Mag­nit­sky “was not tor­tured” and “died of heart fail­ure.” Read more

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