Lawyer Blasts Obstruction of Justice in the Trial of Russian Prison Doctor and Names Putin in Magnitsky Death Trial

December 24, 2012

In the final hear­ing of the Mag­nit­sky death tri­al of Dmit­ry Kra­tov, for­mer head of Butyr­ka Prison in charge of Magnitsky’s med­ical care, the lawyer for Magnitsky’s moth­er, Niko­lai Gorokhov, made dra­mat­ic clos­ing remarks nam­ing Pres­i­dent Putin’s role in obstruct­ing jus­tice for Sergei Magnitsky. 

“On 20 Decem­ber 2012, a polit­i­cal direc­tion was announced for the answer to the ques­tion about the caus­es of death of Mag­nit­sky. Pres­i­dent of the coun­try Putin said at the open press con­fer­ence broad­cast on all state TV chan­nels that Mag­nit­sky died, but not from tor­ture, that nobody tor­tured him, and he had died from heart fail­ure,” said lawyer Gorokhov. Read more

Magnitsky’s Colleague Sues the Russian Authorities to Compel them to Investigate Interior Ministry Officer Artem Kuznetzov and Lawyer Andrei Pavlov for Their Role in the Conspiracy to Steal $230 Million That Magnitsky Exposed

December 13, 2012

On 14 Decem­ber 2012, the Bas­man­ny Dis­trict Court of Moscow will hear two law­suits filed by Jami­son Fire­stone, the for­mer law part­ner of Sergei Mag­nit­sky, seek­ing to com­pel the Russ­ian author­i­ties to inves­ti­gate his pri­or com­plaints regard­ing the evi­dence of illic­it enrich­ment of the fam­i­ly of Inte­ri­or Min­istry offi­cer Artem Kuznetsov, and the role of lawyer Andrei Pavlov in court pro­ceed­ings that were used to per­pe­trate the enor­mous fraud uncov­ered by late Sergei Mag­nit­sky. Read more

Russian Investigative Committee Rejects President’s Human Rights Council Report in its Investigation of Tax Officials Exposed by Sergei Magnitsky

December 3, 2012

The Russ­ian Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee has reject­ed the Russ­ian Pres­i­den­t’s Human Rights Council’s report on the cor­rup­tion uncov­ered by Sergei Mag­nit­sky in their inves­ti­ga­tion into the ille­gal tax refunds approved by the Moscow tax inspec­tion No 28, which led to the theft of $230 mil­lion from the Russ­ian gov­ern­ment. The refusal was issued by S. Olkhovnikov, senior offi­cial of the Russ­ian Inves­tiga­tive Com­mit­tee. Read more

Russia Moves Forward with the First Posthumous Trial in Russian History in the Magnitsky Case

November 29, 2012

Today, the Russ­ian Gen­er­al Prosecutor’s Office announced that they sent to court the case against Her­mitage Fund’s deceased lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky, and against William Brow­der, CEO of Her­mitage Cap­i­tal Man­age­ment, in absentia.

This will be the first posthu­mous tri­al in the Russ­ian legal his­to­ry and the third known tri­al against a for­eign cit­i­zen in absen­tia in Russia.
“This smacks of des­per­a­tion and is clear­ly a retal­ia­to­ry move by the Russ­ian gov­ern­ment against our quest to get jus­tice for Sergei Mag­nit­sky. We are back to the show tri­als of 1937,” said a Her­mitage Cap­i­tal rep­re­sen­ta­tive. Read more

Sir Tom Stoppard, Bianca Jagger and Vladimir Bukowski lead gala performance of “One Hour Eighteen Minutes” in London in memory of Sergei Magnitsky

November 22, 2012

Last night in Lon­don, three glob­al­ly recog­nised per­son­al­i­ties joined the worlds of enter­tain­ment and media, in a spe­cial gala per­for­mance of the play “One Hour Eigh­teen Min­utes” which focus­es on the final moments in the life of Russ­ian lawyer Sergei Mag­nit­sky, who was killed in cus­tody in 2009 after uncov­er­ing and expos­ing Russ­ian gov­ern­ment corruption.

Fol­low­ing the per­for­mance of the play, Sir Tom Stop­pard the renowned play­wright, Bian­ca Jag­ger, human rights cam­paign­er, and the for­mer Sovi­et dis­si­dent Vladimir Bukows­ki took to the stage with William Brow­der, CEO Her­mitage Cap­i­tal, to dis­cuss the state of human rights and rule of law in mod­ern Rus­sia and the cam­paign for jus­tice for Sergei Mag­nit­sky. Read more

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