Swedish MPs call for Magnitsky list sanctions

RT

Members of Sweden’s parliament are calling on their government to push for pan-European sanctions against Russian officials implicated in the death of lawyer Sergey Magnitsky.

Fifty-nine deputies of the Swedish Parliament want to see travel bans and asset freezes imposed on sixty people named on the so-called “Magnitsky list.”

The reason for such an appeal, the deputies say, is Russia’s failure to uphold its commitments to EU member states, its membership in the Council of Europe and accession to the WTO, Interfax reported.

“Russia must observe its human rights commitments,” said Swedish Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee member Mats Johansson, as quoted in a report by Hermitage Capital, Magnitsky’s former employer. “The impunity of officials involved in the Magnitsky case is incompatible with these commitments.”

Sweden is only the latest country to consider blacklisting Russian citizens alleged to be involved with the Magnitsky case. British MPs are planning to hand a resolution to Parliament calling for a visa blacklist for everyone on the list. The United States has already introduced a similar document.

Magnitsky, a 37-year-old lawyer who worked for a major foreign investment fund, died from heart failure in November 2009 while in a Moscow pre-trial detention center. He was being investigated as part of a major tax-evasion case.

The lawyer’s death caused outrage among the top managers of Hermitage Capital Management Fund. The firm’s directors launched a major public campaign in Russia and abroad, accusing certain Russian officials along with the police, the Justice Ministry and the Tax Ministry, of corruption and embezzlement.

Magnitsky, meanwhile, is set to become the first man to be tried posthumously in Russia’s modern legal history after a decision from the Moscow City Court. займ на карту онлайн hairy girl https://zp-pdl.com/get-a-next-business-day-payday-loan.php https://zp-pdl.com/best-payday-loans.php hairy girl