Stop the Untouchables. Justice for Sergei Magnitsky.

18 May 2012 Peter Westin launches In from the Cold: the rise of Russian capitalism

BSR Russia. Russia’s transformation from central planning to a market-based economy over the past 20 years must rank as one of the biggest economic stories of our time, according to a new book on the rise of Russian capitalism. launched in London by its editor, Peter Westin, Chief Equity Strategist and Economist for ATON, Russia’s oldest independent investment group.

18 May 2012 Presidential Human Rights Council dissatisfied with Magnitsky case investigation

Interfax. The Presidential Human Rights Council is dissatisfied with the tempo of the investigation into the death of Hermitage Capital attorney Sergei Magnitsky at a Moscow detention ward.

18 May 2012 President Obama must stand up for Russia’s dissidents

Daily Telegraph. A network of student presidents from universities around the world, College-100 (or C-100), has done a sterling job of exposing corruption in Russia, producing the video below about the case of Sergei Magnitsky.

18 May 2012 U.S. Attorney General Holder Meets with Russian Legal Officials

Embassy of the USA in Moscow. From May 14 to May 17, a Department of Justice delegation led by Attorney General Eric Holder visited Russia.

18 May 2012 Russia says action on Syria, Iran may go nuclear

Reuters. Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev warned on Thursday that military action against sovereign states could lead to a regional nuclear war, starkly voicing Moscow’s opposition to Western intervention ahead of a G8 summit at which Syria and Iran will be discussed.

18 May 2012 Cardin and Putin

Fredrick News Post. Some of the world’s most powerful leaders come to Frederick County’s doorstep today, with the exception of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

17 May 2012 G8 absence threatens US-Russian rapport

Financial Times. When the G8 leaders gather at Camp David on Friday, one will be missing. Vladimir Putin, who was scheduled to have a post-summit meeting with Barack Obama, US president, sent his Dmitry Medvedev, prime minister, at the last minute instead.

17 May 2012 U.S. should go slow until Russia curbs shameful human rights abuses

Bradenton Herald. The Obama administration should “go slow” on normalizing trade relations with Russia until Moscow shows it’s serious about curbing human rights abuses.

17 May 2012 Sergei’s Law: “Hit Them in Their Laws, Because That is What They Care About”

Minding Russia. Sergei’s Law is an advocacy video that has a bit of a propagandistic feel to it (it’s the dramatic sound track), but that’s perfectly ok, because we never get to hear the sustained arguments on behalf of this case and this law, the Magnitsky Accountability Act.

17 May 2012 New Video on Magnitsky Sanctions

Robert Amsterdam. From www.sergeislaw.org, this video explains how imposing sanctions on those involved in the death of corruption-battling lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009 could make a major difference to accountability and graft in Russia.

17 May 2012 Replacement of Jackson-Vanik Amendment unacceptable – aide

ITAR-TASS. Russia considers unacceptable the replacement of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment to a new decision by the U.S. authorities, presidential aide, Russia’s G-8 Sherpa Arkady Dvorkovich said.

17 May 2012 Time to staunch the flow of dirty money from Russia

European Voice. What to do in the face of 12 more years of Putin? Follow the money, for a start. The bombast and luxury were spectacular, but the foreign guestlist was on the sparse side. Two former European leaders, Gerhard Schröder and Silvio Berlusconi, were there to see Vladimir Putin inaugurated as Russia’s president in Moscow on 7 May, but almost nobody else from abroad.

17 May 2012 Sergei’s Law – Justice for Sergei Magnitsky

The Other Russia. More than two years after lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in a Russian prison, the doctors, guards, and government officials who are to blame have not been held responsible. As Financial Times Moscow Bureau Chief Charles Clover put it: “These guys basically just killed him.”

17 May 2012 Putin’s effort to block US sanctions serves corrupt officials – Hermitage Capital

Trust Law. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s foreign policy goal of stopping U.S. sanctions against Russian individuals and companies shows that his government is “working in the interests of corrupt officials”, UK-based investment fund Hermitage Capital said on Wednesday.

16 May 2012 Russia Says U.S. Human-Rights Sanctions Bill to Harm Ties

Bloomberg. Russia warned that a U.S. bill imposing sanctions against Russian officials suspected of human- rights abuses will harm relations between the two countries.

16 May 2012 Putin Snubs G-8 to Punish Obama for Criticism, Official Says

San Francisco Chronicle. President Vladimir Putin is showing U.S. President Barack Obama his displeasure over the criticism of Russian elections and the lack of progress on a planned missile shield by skipping the Group of Eight summit for the first time as president, said Alexei Pushkov, a senior lawmaker.

15 May 2012 Russia Tries to Turn Tables on Human Right

The Moscow Times. In an attempt to deflect criticism against crackdowns on political protests at home, senior Russian officials on Monday shot back at Western critics, lambasting racism and xenophobia in Europe.

The death in prison of Sergei Magnitsky, a young Russian lawyer, remains one of the darkest scandals in the blotchy history of Russia's criminal justice system. One year on, this documentary brings the full details of his tragic story to light.

Sergei Magnitsky was falsely arrested and tortured to death in pre-trial detention by the Russian Interior Ministry officers, whom he had caught stealing and whom he testified against. Despite the mountain of evidence against the officers, the Russian Government is currently treating his arrest as legitimate and his death in custody as an accident.

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