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Death of Hermitage Lawyer in Russian Prison

November 17, 2009

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Death of Her­mitage Lawyer in Russ­ian Prison

17 Novem­ber 2009  —  Last night Sergey Mag­nit­skiy, a 37-year old legal advis­er and father of two, died in Matrosskaya Tishi­na pre-tri­al deten­tion cen­ter in Moscow.

Since 2007, Sergey Mag­nit­skiy was defend­ing the Her­mitage Fund and HSBC against seri­ous frauds per­pe­trat­ed with the involve­ment of Russ­ian offi­cials. Sergey Mag­nit­skiy gave for­mal tes­ti­monies nam­ing offi­cers of the Inte­ri­or Min­istry and their role in the seizure of Her­mitage Fund/HSBC com­pa­nies. Short­ly after his tes­ti­mo­ny, on 24 Novem­ber 2008, Sergey Mag­nit­skiy was arrest­ed by the team of the same Inte­ri­or Min­istry offi­cers named in his testimony.

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