Magnitsky’s mother complains about inactivity of detectives

Interfax: Russia & CIS General Newswire

MOSCOW. April 19 (Interfax)

The mother of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in prison has complained to the Russian Investigation Committee about the dragging out investigation of her son’s death and disregard of the circumstances of his arrest and custody.

“In more that two years of the so-called investigation they have done nothing to collect and verify evidence for the crimes – the torturing and killing of Sergei Magnitsky,” Natalia Magnitsky said in a statement posted by the Hermitage Capital Fund.

The statement listed more than 50 investigative procedures, which detectives were supposed to make in the investigation of Magnitsky’s death in prison but never made.

“Inactivity of officials of the Russian Investigation Committee cannot be described other than a crime; as a result the responsible persons have been dodging penalty for 29 months, they have been able to conceal and destroy evidence, conspire to give false testimony, hide real circumstances of the crime and claim that prescription periods are over,” she said.

“Everything that happened to Sergei Magnitsky happened with the will of a large number of officials and against Sergei Magnitsky’s will,” she said.

Detention center officers Dmitry Kratov and Larisa Litvinova “have been charged with a different crime, thus lowering the degree of their responsibility. They are presented as the main perpetrators of a misdemeanor, while they actually connived with a felony and were accomplices to the tortures of Sergei Magnitsky aimed to make his custody conditions intolerable and to force him drop his accusations against officials and to slander his client and himself,” the statement said.

Magnitsky, who was accused of tax evasion, died in prison on November 16, 2009. His death caused a public outcry in Russia and abroad.

The rights community blamed medical and law enforcement personnel for his death. Even though Magnitsky’s death was followed by dismissals at the Federal Penitentiary Service, it has not been investigated to the end, rights campaigners claim. займ онлайн на карту без отказа hairy women female wrestling https://zp-pdl.com https://zp-pdl.com/how-to-get-fast-payday-loan-online.php займы на карту