Prison doctors charged with causing Magnitsky’s death

Russia Today

Two former prison doctors have been accused of negligence resulting in the death of Sergey Magnitsky while he was on trial over large-scale tax fraud.

Among the accused are the doctor who was responsible for Magnitsky’s treatment, Larisa Litvinova, and the former deputy director of the detention center and Litvinova’s former boss, Dmitry Kratov. Both suspects were fired from the Butyrskaya prison soon after Magnitsky’s death in 2009.

Magnitsky, a 37-year-old lawyer who had 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 in a major tax evasion case.

The lawyer’s death caused outrage among the top managers of the Hermitage Capital Management fund where he had worked. The investors launched a major PR campaign in Russia and abroad, accusing certain Russian officials from the police, the justice ministry, and the tax ministry, of corruption and embezzlement.
Due to the public interest, the Russian president had to intervene, ordering an additional probe into the case. As a result, several top officials from the Justice Ministry were sacked and Russian legislation was amended so that people suspected of economic crimes cannot be incarcerated prior to standing trial. payday loan займы без отказа zp-pdl.com https://zp-pdl.com/get-a-next-business-day-payday-loan.php займы на карту