Barred Reporter Says RusAl Behind Visa Loss
An Australian-American journalist and self-declared doyen of the country’s foreign press corps has been barred entry into Russia in what he says is revenge from Oleg Deripaska’s RusAl for his “aggressive reporting” on the aluminum giant.
John Helmer, who had lived in Moscow since 1989 and briefly worked as a Moscow Times reporter in the early 1990s, said RusAl has hounded him for two years because he rejected an offer for cash payments in exchange for favorable articles.
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Magnitsky Beaten To Death, Says New Report
Yesterday Hermitage Capital Foundation released a report into the death of the company’s lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, in pre-trial detention on November 16 2009. The 75-page document, which makes for indispensable reading and which can be downloaded here, provides an independent investigation into the death of the auditor who had uncovered a $320 million tax fraud perpetrated by a group of interior ministry officials.
It has been insistently maintained by the authorities that it was acute pancreatitis which killed the 37-year-old. Meanwhile, Hermitage has maintained, since the lawyer’s death, that the victim did not receive the medical attention which was required for that condition and gallstones, following eight months in deplorable prison conditions. One of the principal findings of the new report is that Magnitsky was beaten to death with rubber batons, which is attested to by ten officials from Matrosskaya Tishina Detention Center.
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Report: Russian lawyer was beaten to death
UPI.com
The lawyer for what was once Russia’s largest foreign investment fund was beaten to death by prison guards and did not die of natural causes, a report said.
The report by employer Hermitage Capital concludes Sergei Magnitsky, 37, was left to die in his cell in 2009 after suffering brain trauma from a beating, The Moscow Times reported Tuesday.
The 75-page document includes morgue photos taken of Magnitsky showing bruises on his wrists and legs.
It reproduces what it said is a photocopied order from the head of the facility where Magnitsky was being held directing guards to beat him with a rubber baton.
Magnitsky, who accused officials of stealing $230 million in government money, was awaiting trial on tax charges at the time of his death.
Two prison doctors have been charged with his death.
The Hermitage report has been given to Russia’s Investigative Committee.
The Kremlin’s human rights council has backed the report but government officials have not issued any comments. hairy woman hairy girl https://zp-pdl.com/emergency-payday-loans.php https://zp-pdl.com/apply-for-payday-loan-online.php микрозаймы онлайн
Report: Lawyer Beaten to Death
New evidence released Monday added weight to suspicions that Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky was beaten to death by prison guards in 2009 and did not die from health problems as previously claimed by the authorities.
A report by Hermitage Capital, once Russia’s largest foreign investment fund, found that the 37-year-old lawyer was left to die on a cell floor after suffering a brain trauma in the beating apparently ordered by prison officials.
The report, which runs at 75 pages in English and 100 pages in Russian, offers gruesome photos from the morgue that depict bad bruises on what it says are Magnitsky’s wrists and legs.
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Russian lawyer Magnitsky ‘tortured, beaten to death’ – report
The country’s presidential human rights council says police torture could have led to the death of a Russian lawyer, who was imprisoned at the time.
This comes after the Hermitage Capital Management investment fund Magnitsky worked for sent the council a 100-page report based on official documents, court materials, and public statements.
“The documents we possess testify to the illegal use of rubber clubs,” said council member and human rights defender Valery Borshchyov, as quoted by Interfax. “It turns out that 8 prison employees were beating one prisoner.”
An ambulance arrived at the prison on the day Magnitsky died, but doctors were denied access for about an hour.
“When they were finally let in, the doctors reported the death time different from that cited by the local employees – it was an hour earlier,” Borshchyov said. “The doctors also found out that Magnitsky was not in the intensive care unit, as claimed the prison’s physician. He was seated on the floor, leaning against a bunk and handcuffs were lying nearby.”
The human rights council presented photographs from the morgue, which showed deep wounds from handcuffs on Magnitsky’s wrists.
“Such wounds cannot be caused by the simple wearing of handcuffs,” Borshchyov said. “He must have been trying to break free.”
Prison personnel insist they had to cuff Magnitsky, as he was trying to commit suicide and injure himself.
Members of the council insist prosecutors look into the new evidence.
37-year-old Sergey Magnitsky, who worked for a foreign investment fund, was arrested on tax evasion charges in 2009. The gravely-ill lawyer died in a pre-trial detention facility several months later.
Two forensic evaluations showed that Magnitsky died of acute heart failure. Experts confirmed that Magnitsky was suffering from heart problems, but that it was not at an acute stage.
His family and colleagues claim he was deliberately denied medical help. Two prison doctors have been charged with negligence during the ongoing investigation.
Magnitsky said the criminal case against him was retaliation for his testimony, alleging the involvement of law enforcement officials in the embezzlement of budget funds.
The lawyer’s death prompted the US to blacklist a number of Russian citizens which it links to the case. Russia slammed the move and responded with similar measures against US officials. займ на карту онлайн займ https://zp-pdl.com/best-payday-loans.php https://www.zp-pdl.com займ на карту
Sanctions urged on Russian officials over abuses
The Obama administration is coming under pressure from Congress to support sanctions on Russian officials who are known human rights violators in return for repealing a cold war-era law that could limit bilateral trade after Russia joins the World Trade Organisation.
The White House is concerned that sanctions would harm a tentative thaw in relations with the Kremlin and is instead proposing the establishment of a foundation to promote democracy in Russia, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.
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Zakaria: Why Russia is blacklisting Americans
Fareed Zakaria, What in the World?
Something in the papers the other day struck me as odd. Russia has placed a number of U.S. officials on a blacklist. They are banned from traveling to Russia because of what the Kremlin is calling “humanitarian crimes.” What’s going on? Isn’t the Cold War over?
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Report claims coverup in Russian lawyer’s death
A government probe into the death in prison of a Russian lawyer who exposed official corruption covered up a brutal beating he received in prison and the deliberate denial of medical treatment, a new report claimed Monday.
Sergei Magnitsky, who was arrested after accusing officials of corruption, died in November 2009 after the pancreatitis he developed in prison went untreated. Two prison doctors have been charged with negligence.
The 37-year-old had been arrested by the same Interior Ministry officials whom he had accused of using false tax papers to steal $230 million from the state.
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Berlin Exhibit Explores Magnitsky Case
A permanent exhibition at the Checkpoint Charlie Museum (Friedrichstrasse 43-45; mauermuseum.de) in Berlin exposes a modern-day saga of governmental corruption, coercion and torture. The Sergei Magnitsky case revealed egregious abuses of power that continue to plague Putin’s Russia and which ultimately led to the tragic demise of the 37-year-old tax attorney Magnitsky, while he was held captive in a maximum security Russian prison.
His crime? Uncovering a vast conspiracy that sought to rob the Russian state and its citizens of millions of dollars in fraudulent tax refunds, allegedly executed by police officers and governmental officials.
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- Petitions requesting a real investigation into Magnitsky's death
- Worldwide reaction, calls to punish those responsible for corruption and murder
- Complaints against Lt.Col. Kuznetsov
- Complaints against Major Karpov
- Cover up
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