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U.S. Attorney General Holder Meets with Russian Legal Officials
From May 14 to May 17, a Department of Justice delegation led by Attorney General Eric Holder visited Russia.
While in Russia, Attorney General Holder held bilateral meetings with Prosecutor General Chayka, Investigative Committee Chief Aleksander Bastrykhin and Minister of Justice Konovalov.
He also spoke at the plenary session of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum, met with the Federal Advocates Chamber, spoke to law students at St. Petersburg University and chaired the second meeting of the Bilateral Presidential Commission Rule of Law Working Group.
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Browder’s Russia Money-Laundering Allegations Spark Swiss Investigation
Switzerland has opened a money- laundering probe at the request of Hermitage Capital Management Ltd., the first criminal investigation outside Russia linked to the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow prison.
The allegations involving a former Russian tax official are the most recent lodged by Hermitage founder William Browder as he asks authorities around the world to sanction officials he blames for Magnitsky’s death. The lawyer, who alleged Interior Ministry officials fraudulently collected a $230 million tax refund using documents seized from Hermitage, died in 2009 after a year in pre-trial detention.
“It’s been impossible to get any kind of real criminal investigation in Russia,” Browder said yesterday by phone. “It’s highly significant that a Western law enforcement agency is taking this seriously and is launching an investigation.”
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