Russian Interior Ministry prosecutes dead lawyer Magnitsky for tax fraud

Emerging Markets. By Andrei Skvarsky.

Russia’s Interior Ministry plans to prosecute Hermitage Capital’s dead lawyer Sergei Magnitsky for tax evasion.

Earlier, the Presidential Human Rights Council said in a report following its own inquiry that the tax evasion charge against Magnitsky was a frame-up and that he had been prosecuted by officials whom he had accused of defrauding the state of $230m.

“To put a man on trial after he was killed, when he can no longer defend himself, is an evil and base act. It goes against all human morals, and laws,” said Magnitsky’s mother, Natalia Magnitskaya.

“Never in modern history,” said Hermitage chief executive Bill Browder, “has a government been so desperate to cover their tracks that after they torture and kill a man, they prosecute his corpse two years later. This goes to show what absolute impunity allows corrupt governments to do. займ на карту быстрые займы на карту https://zp-pdl.com/fast-and-easy-payday-loans-online.php https://zp-pdl.com/get-a-next-business-day-payday-loan.php займы онлайн на карту срочно