Videos

26 July 2011. US blacklists officials involved in Magnitsky case Apart from banning the blacklisted officials from crossing US borders, the authors of the bill demand that the US Finance Ministry should seize their assets and not allow them to perform any financial operations in the US or even in US banks abroad.

17 March 2011. The “Justice for Sergei”: film will be screened at the One World Festival 2011. The director of the film, Martin Maart, talks about the investigation into the suspicious death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who discovered a massive tax scam carried out by Russian officials, and for which he ended up paying with his life.

27 January 2011. Bill Browder challenging Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov about Corruption in Russia and the Sergei Magnitsky case.
“The President of the country called for an investigation into the people who killed my lawyer,” Mr Browder told a panel chaired by Mr Shuvalov. “One year after the investigation, people who killed the lawyer have been promoted higher by state orders… My question to you, Igor, is what will prevent other investors to have the same experience after my experience in Russia?”.

12 January 2011. It is Insane to Invest in Russia.
Bill Browder, Hermitage Capital Management CEO, on his corrupt experience investing in Russia and the death of his lawyer in a Russian jail.
 
 
 
 

6 December 2010. Justice for Sergei.
Justice for Sergei is the shocking story of Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who died in November 2009 at the age of 37 under excruciating circumstances in a Moscow detention centre, still awaiting trial. His death fuelled international outrage, but inside Russia the corrupt government officials responsible were never brought to justice.

3 December 2010. Justice.
Senator Benjamin Cardin explains to CNC why the US Helsinki Commission is leading on bipartisan legislation in the US Congress to ensure that those involved in the arrest and death in custody of Sergei Magnitsky are banned from entering the USA.  
 
 

1 December 2010. Is Russia a ‘mafia state’?.
Former British ambassador to Moscow, Sir Tony Brenton, is interviewed on BBC Newsnight and discusses whether there is evidence to suggest a link between organised crime and the Russian government and how the death in custody of Sergei Magnitsky case highlights this problem. 
 

16 November 2010. One year on Sergei Magnitsky jail death remains mystery.
Lt Col Silchenko denied inflicting suffering amounting to torture on the jailed lawyer, who was being held on tax evasion charges when he died in unexplained circumstances in Moscow’s Matrosskaya Tishina detention centre one year ago, and hit back at his accusers. 
 

16 November 2010. Whistleblower Magnitsky.
A documentary about anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky and his allegations of fraud and corruption in Russia will be shown in Western legislatures, the CBC’s Terry Milewski reports. 
 
 

16 November 2010. The Perils and Rewards of Emerging Markets.
The story of how Russia investor Bill Browder – well-known for investor activism and pushing for governance reforms in Russia — came to clash with Russia’s business elite is a fascinating study in the challenges of operating in the post-Soviet economy, and held many lessons for those interested in exploiting the opportunities of emerging markets.