Stop the Untouchables. Justice for Sergei Magnitsky.

Justice sought over Russian lawyer’s death; Browder urges UK ban on culprits

Express on Sunday

Financier Bill Browder is determined to see justice done for his murdered Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky. A year and a half after Magnitsky’s torture and death in a Russian jail, Browder’s ceaseless campaigning has prompted Washington to ban up to 60 Russian officials implicated in the crime from entering the US.

Now Browder, an American-born British citizen, wants the UK to implement a similar visa ban on the officials. He said yesterday: “It’s time for my country to do the same thing.”

Next month, he will ramp up the pressure on the Government to take action ahead of Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to Russia.

But his mission will not stop there: he wants to stop similar tragedies happening again in Russia. “Sergei’s death is a chance to change Russia in some fundamental way,” he said.