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Russian rights activists concerned by fabrication of criminal cases

Interfax

A number of Russian lawyers and rights activists believe that the Russian law-enforcement agencies quite often instigate criminal cases against those who are not guilty.

“With [Hermitage Capital fund lawyer] Sergey Magnitskiy and [businesswoman] Vera Trifonova [who both died in remand centres] and in other cases it is provocation and there is not any mention of protecting citizens’ rights,” lawyer Vladimir Zherebenkov said at a news conference today at Interfax’s central office.