Russia’s corruptionism
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Late lawyer’s mother challenges Russia’s top prosecutor
AFP
The mother of Sergei Magnitsky, the lawyer whose 2009 death in pre-trial detention sparked global outrage, Monday filed a criminal complaint against Russia’s top prosecutor and a slew of top officials she said had contributed to her son’s death.
In an extensive letter to Russia’s top investigators, Natalia Magnitskaya listed evidence that the death of her son was not caused by negligence but was a premeditated murder brought on by months of torture to keep him silent.
A 37-year old corporate lawyer, Magnitsky died of untreated heart condition and pancreatitis in an isolation cell in November 2009 after his arrest in 2008.
Before his arrest, he claimed to have uncovered a scheme used by police officials to reclaim about $235 million in taxes paid by his employer Hermitage Capital. He was charged with fraud and spent nearly a year in Moscow prisons.
“In over 1.5 years since the death of my son… I became aware of information evident of a crime against my son, specifically that his death was brought on by deliberate violent actions,” the letter states.
Russian investigators have charged two prison doctors with negligence and carelessness over Magnitsky’s death.
Magnitskaya however claimed in her letter that the doctors were only part of a scheme that included far more senior officials.
Officials from the interior ministry, FSB security service, and the prosecutor’s office, that “created torturous conditions in Sergei Magnitsky’s detention”, she said.
Numerous complaints lodged by the lawyer were ignored by all levels of the justice system — including Russia’s top prosecutor Yury Chaika — “due to either criminal negligence or personal interest”, she said.
“I ask to open a criminal case into torture and premeditated murder of Sergei Magnitsky,” she wrote, listing 11 interior ministry officers, five prosecutors, and a slew of other officials.
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Russia probes ‘illness’ of doctors charged over Magnitsky’s death
Russian prosecutors are probing the hospitalization of two prison officials charged over the high-profile death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.
The deputy governor and chief doctor at Moscow’s notorious Butyrka prison were charged with negligence causing death last month.
Magnitsky died in 2009 after accusing Russian officials of a huge tax fraud scheme.
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Mother of late Russian lawyer claims he was killed in detention
Interfax
The mother of Hermitage Capital fund’s lawyer Sergey Magnitskiy, who died in a Moscow remand prison in November 2009, claims that her son was killed while in pre-trial detention, Russian Interfax news agency reported on 26 September, citing a statement issued by Hermitage Capital.
Lawyer Nikolay Gorokhov has filed Magnitskiy’s mother’s petition to the Russian Investigations Committee to initiate criminal proceedings against officials from the Prosecutor-General’s Office, the Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service, the Federal Penal Service and 11 judges “as accomplices in organizing the illegal arrest, torture and killing of her son”, the statement says.
In total, more than 30 officials are named in Natalya Magnitskaya’s petition, who, she claims, were either involved in her son’s death or showed criminal negligence in connection with his case, Ekho Moskvy radio reported on 26 September.
“During more than 18 months since my son, Sergey Magnitskiy, died in pre-trial detention, (…) I have discovered and gained access to the information attesting to criminal wrongdoing against my son, specifically that his death had been the result of intentional acts of violence,” Interfax quoted from Magnitskaya’s statement.
The statement also noted that there had been signs of beating on Sergey Magnitskiy’s body, including damaged knuckles on both hands, multiple grazes and bruises, a puncture wound on his tongue and suspected head injury, as recorded in the death certificate.
“The fact of Sergey Magnitskiy’s murder is further substantiated by the results of a pre-investigation examination conducted, as we have learned, in the first days after his death, but made public only now. Three days after Magnitskiy’s death, on 19 November 2009, the investigations authorities of Moscow’s Preobrazhenskiy district collected evidence pointing to signs of murder, which was reflected in a corresponding report about the initiation of criminal proceedings under Article 105 of the Russian Criminal Code (murder),” Magnitskaya wrote in the petition.
She insists that the investigators looking into Magnitskiy’s death and the last hours of his life are relying on the theory of events proposed by employees of the remand prison where Magnitskiy had died, thus allowing them to conceal relevant evidence and information.
The law-enforcement agencies have not yet commented on Magnitskaya’s petition, Ekho Moskvy radio said. быстрые займы на карту займы на карту https://zp-pdl.com/get-quick-online-payday-loan-now.php https://zp-pdl.com/online-payday-loans-cash-advances.php займ на карту
Magnitsky’s Mother Files Criminal Complaint Against Russian Officials
The mother of Sergei Magnitsky has filed a criminal complaint against Russian Prosecutor-General Yuri Chaika, senior officials of the Russian Interior Ministry, the Federal Security Service, the Penitentiary Service, and 11 judges, accusing them of being involved in a conspiracy to murder her son.
Magnitsky, an attorney who was jailed after accusing Interior Ministry officials of involvement in a massive corruption scandal, died in pre-trial detention in 2009 after suffering abuse and medical neglect.
He was acting as outside counsel for the investment firm Hermitage Capital Management.
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Dutch minister pledges EU action on murdered Russian lawyer
Dutch foreign minister Uri Rosenthal has promised to “raise the possibility” of EU sanctions against Russian officials suspected of murdering lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.
Rosenthal in a formal letter to parliament dated 12 September said: “The investigation into the Magnitsky case is ongoing and Russian judicial procedure must be followed. I want to wait for the outcome of the procedure. But if there is good reason in light of the outcome, then I intend to raise the possibility of further EU-level steps.”
The letter comes in response to a Dutch parliament resolution in July calling for The Hague to penalise the officials.
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Lawyer’s Mother Takes on Russian Officials
Nearly two years after her son died in custody, a slight, 59-year-old retired teacher is confronting the powerful officials who put him in prison and oversaw the system that has been blamed for his death.
Natalya Magnitskaya has avoided public attention since her only child, Sergei L. Magnitsky, died in pre-trial detention. Working for an American law firm in Moscow, he had uncovered a $230 million tax fraud and accused police of the crime. The very officers he testified against soon arrested him and charged him with the fraud.
Now, despairing that those who caused his death will ever be prosecuted, Natalya Magnitskaya has filed an official complaint with Russia’s Investigative Committee, asking for a murder investigation of Russia’s chief prosecutor, deputy interior minister and other police, security and prison officials.
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Dutch foreign minister could raise Magnitsky sanctions issue with EU
Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal has urged the Russian authorities to prosecute the officials responsible for the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, the company said.
The Netherlands Foreign Minister Professor Uri Rosenthal has sent a report to the Dutch Parliament about compliance with the resolution made by the lawmakers in July this year, imposing sanctions against Russian officials in the Magnitsky case, according to the company’s press release obtained by Interfax on Thursday.
In the event of no acceptable results of the Russian inquiry into Magnitsky’s death, Rosenthal “will raise the matter of taking measures against the Russian officials in the Magnitsky case at the EU level, the press release said.
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Dutch minister urges EU-wide sanctions on Magnitsky’s alleged killers
Dutch Foreign Minister Uri Rosenthal has called for European Union-wide sanctions on Russian officials blamed for the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky if Russia fails to take criminal action against them.
“Depending on the outcomes of the Russian judicial investigation, I intend to raise the possibility of further action at EU level,” a Hermitage statement quoted Rosenthal as saying in a letter to the Dutch parliament.
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- Petitions requesting a real investigation into Magnitsky's death
- Worldwide reaction, calls to punish those responsible for corruption and murder
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