US ‘slaps travel ban on Russian officials implicated in Sergei Magnitsky death’
The Telegraph. By Andrew Osborn
The United States is reported to have quietly slapped a travel ban on a group of key Russian officials implicated in the suspicious death of Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer, in jail.
Sergei Magnitsky died two years ago in police custody By Andrew Osborn, Moscow
In a move that risks damaging warming US-Russia relations, the US State department is said to have imposed an entry ban on dozens of unnamed Russian officials in an apparent attempt to get the Kremlin to conduct a proper investigation into the 2009 death of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer retained by UK-based investment fund Hermitage.
Mr Magnitsky died in November 2009 at the age of 37 after being kept in appalling conditions without essential medical treatment in pre-trial detention for almost a year.
Before he was jailed, he said he had uncovered a $230m (£141m) fraud against the Russian taxpayer perpetrated by a group of corrupt officials at Hermitage’s expense.
Although the Kremlin has recently shown some signs of getting serious on the issue, the dead lawyer’s colleagues and friends remain far from satisfied.
The US Senate was already examining a bill that would impose a travel ban and freeze the assets of 60 officials involved in the case.
But in an unexpected twist, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday that the State Department has already taken unilateral action. “Secretary (Hillary) Clinton has taken steps to ban individuals associated with the wrongful death of Sergei Magnitsky from travelling to the United States,” it quoted the Obama administration as telling the US Senate.
The same document reportedly said Russia had threatened to withdraw cooperation on key international issues if the bill under discussion was adopted raising the prospect of a serious diplomatic rift.
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US blacklists officials involved in Magnitsky case
Apart from banning the blacklisted officials from crossing US borders, the authors of the bill demand that the US Finance Ministry should seize their assets and not allow them to perform any financial operations in the US or even in US banks abroad.
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US visa ban on Russian officials poses questions for EU
The US has quietly imposed a visa ban on senior Russian officials believed to have played a part in the murder of lawyer Sergey Magnitsky, posing questions about EU handling of the affair.
A state department memo confirms that most or all of the 60 officials implicated in the Magnitsky conspiracy have been red-flagged in the Consular Lookout and Support System (CLASS), a database used to grant or refuse visas.
The non-public memo, dated 22 July, says: “[US secretary of state Hilary] Clinton has applied existing laws and authorities to implement the visa limitations on multiple individuals associated with the wrongful death of Sergey Magnitsky.” It adds: “Individuals included on the list … are already flagged in the visa adjudication (known as CLASS) system used by visa officers.”
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U.S. gets serious on Russian mega-corruption case
One of Russia’s most notorious scandals, the death in prison of hedge fund lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, is taking on an international political dimension. The United States has become the first country to impose a visa ban on Russian officials accused of complicity in the affair, which threatens to sour U.S.-Russia relations. But Russia’s conspicuous failure to investigate this crucial case means the West is right to act.
No case better illustrates the pervasive nature of Russian corruption — and the Kremlin’s woeful failure to tackle it. A lawyer for London-based Hermitage Capital, managed by the well-known investor William Browder, Magnitsky was arrested after he had accused Russian officials of involvement in a $230 million tax fraud. His subsequent death in prison naturally caused a global stink. But the subsequent cover-up was even more shocking and revealing. Russia’s inability to pursue the real culprits seems to indicate that its entire law enforcement system is rotten to the core.
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US bans Russian officials linked to Magnitsky death: report
The Washington Post has a scoop today saying that the US State Department has put Russian officials connected to the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky on a visa blacklist.
Magnitsky’s colleagues have long been pushing for the move. In May, Senator Benjamin Cardin introduced a bill that would impose sanctions on 60 officials involved in Magnitsky’s death, but, according to the Washington Post, the US State Department unilaterally adopted the move.
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U.S. puts Russian officials on visa blacklist
The U.S. State Department has quietly put Russian officials connected to the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky on a visa blacklist as Moscow threatens to curtail cooperation on Iran, North Korea, Libya and the transit of supplies for Afghanistan if the Senate passes a measure imposing even tougher sanctions for human rights abuses.
The Russian government has grown ever more infuriated by a series of international reprimands over the case of the 37-year-old lawyer who died a painful death in pretrial detention, and it has complained that other countries are interfering in its domestic affairs.
The European Parliament, Canada and the Netherlands are moving toward their own visa bans for a list of 60 Russians involved in the case. The United States, however, is the first to have an active blacklist for the Russians, although senior U.S. officials say it has fewer than 60 names.
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UN Rapporteur on Torture Juan Mendez, discusses the Sergei Magnitsky case
The State We’re In, Featuring an interview with UN Rapporteur on Torture, Juan Mendez, where he also discusses the Sergei Magnitsky case from 32:40
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East West Institute release their Analysis of the US “Sergei Magnitsky Act of 2011”
East West Institute
Founded in 1980, the EastWest Institute is a global, action-oriented, think-and-do tank. EWI was founded in 1980 when John Edwin Mroz and Ira Wallach set out to bridge divides across the Iron Curtain. EWI have continued to work in much the same spirit since 1989, but the “East” and “West” in the name no longer represent the political divisions of the Cold War.
Here, the East West Institue summaries the main points of the Magnitsky Act and its implications on US relations with Russia as well as how it will become a new rallying point for human rights’ activists, both within Russia and internationally payday loan займы без отказа https://zp-pdl.com https://zp-pdl.com/emergency-payday-loans.php займ на карту
Russia Responsible for U.S. Embassy Bombing
Eli Lake has a pretty big scoop today on Russian espionage in Georgia: A bomb targeting the U.S. embassy in Tbilisi has been linked, by Georgian intelligence, to a series of bombings around the country over the last 12 months that all lead back to Russia’s GRU.
A bomb blast near the U.S. Embassy in Tblisi, Georgia, in September was traced to a plot run by a Russian military intelligence officer, according to an investigation by the Georgian Interior Ministry.
Shota Utiashvili, the most senior official in charge of intelligence analysis for the ministry, said in an interview with The Washington Times that the recent spate of bombings and attempted bombings – including what he said was a blast targeting the U.S. Embassy – was the work of Russian GRU officer Maj. Yevgeny Borisov….
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To learn more about what happened to Sergei Magnitsky please read below
- Sergei Magnitsky
- Why was Sergei Magnitsky arrested?
- Sergei Magnitsky’s torture and death in prison
- President’s investigation sabotaged and going nowhere
- The corrupt officers attempt to arrest 8 lawyers
- Past crimes committed by the same corrupt officers
- 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
- Press about Magnitsky
- Bloggers about Magnitsky
- Corrupt officers:
- Sign petition
- Citizen investigator
- Join Justice for Magnitsky group on Facebook
- Contact us
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