Russia has made a habit of sheltering lawbreakers from international

Newsweek

In some countries it’s cool to be an outlaw. Jewel thieves are revered in Montenegro. Counterfeiting makes powerful men in North Korea. Likewise, Russia has made a habit of sheltering lawbreakers from international justice.

The latest case revolves around U.K.-based Hermitage Capital tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who charged that crooked Russian cops had used the company in a complex scheme to steal $230 million. In response, Russian authorities jailed him without trial, and he died in detention after 11 months. A bill now pending in the U.S. Congress would impose U.S. visa bans on some 60 Russian officials and policemen involved in the case. Even so, Russia’s Foreign Ministry is standing by the accused and has condemned the bill as “indecent.” Why does Russia stand by its outlaws? Because connected bureaucrats need to cover their own backsides from international scrutiny.

As the Magnitsky case and others like it demonstrate, many of Russia’s government officials could have a lot to lose if their own practices came under the watchful eye of international law enforcement. Then they would have to face justice-not the corrupt, back-scratching, politically motivated parody that exists in Russia, but the real thing.
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