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02
November 2011

Magnitsky Doctors’ Case Ready

The Mosow Times

The Investigative Committee said Tuesday that it has completed its probe into two prison medics charged in the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009.

The investigation will continue and others may be charged, but the case against the medics — widely considered minor players in Magnitsky death — was ready to proceed, the committee said in a statement on its web site.

Larisa Litvinova, a doctor at Moscow’s Butyrskaya pretrial prison, was charged in August with involuntary manslaughter, punishable by up to three years in prison. Her superior, Dmitry Kratov, faces up to five years on negligence charges.

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27
September 2011

Murder in the Magnitsky case

Russia Today

The mother and friends of the deceased plan to prove that his death in jail was caused by severe torture.

A new twist has occurred in the case of Hermitage Capital Foundation lawyer Sergey Magnitsky’s death at Matrosskaya Tishina (Sailor’s Silence) detention center in Moscow in 2009. The lawyer’s friends and family have learned that investigators initially had strong evidence indicating that he was tortured and killed in jail, though it was presented simply as negligence on the part of medical staff. Now, Magnitsky’s mother is asking the Investigation Committee to file a criminal case against Prosecutor General Yury Chaika, staff members of the Interior Ministry, the FSB, the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) and 11 judges, who, according to her, are responsible for her son’s death.

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26
September 2011

Russia probes ‘illness’ of doctors charged over Magnitsky’s death

RIA Novosti

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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16
August 2011

Doctors charged over Magnitsky`s death

The Voice of Russia

Russia’s Investigative Committee has charged two doctors in connection with the pre-trial detention death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, official spokesman for the Committee, Vladimir Markin, said. He added that a direct link was found between Magnitsky`s death and the actions of the doctors. New hearings are scheduled for August 24th.

Chief physician for the Butyrskaya prison Larisa Litvinova is charged with causing death by negligence. Dmitry Kratov, the deputy director of the prison, is charged with carelessness. If found guilty, both may face from three to five years prison.

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16
August 2011

Charges in Magnitsky case brought against scapegoats – Hermitage Capital

Interfax

The Hermitage Capital fund regards the announcement of the Russian Investigative Committee that charges were brought against a doctor of Butyrka detention facility Larisa Litvinova, and deputy chief of the facility Dmitry Kratov as clearly insufficient and indicating the restriction of the list of persons responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky.

“These are only two persons out of 60 included in the Cardin List of persons involved in the illegal arrest and persecution of Sergei Magnitsky and the large-scale embezzlement of budget funds by Interior Ministry and the tax officials he had exposed,” a statement of Hermitage Capital obtained by Interfax says.

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14
August 2011

Russia: Charges against Magnitskiy case doctors see mixed response

BBC

Medical officers Larisa Litvinova and Dmitriy Kratov from the Butyrka pre-trial detention centre have been charged with the manslaughter of Hermitage Capital fund lawyer Sergey Magnitskiy, the privately-owned Interfax news agency reported on 12 August. They are said to have been negligent in providing care to Magnitskiy before his transfer to the Matrosskaya Tishina remand centre, where he later died.

Litvinova and Kratov were among those identified by rights activists as being complicit in Magnitskiy’s death. The Russian rights activists, who were involved in the independent probe, have not responded with a great deal of enthusiasm, expressing concern that charges against Litvinova and Kratov will become something of a smoke screen.

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14
August 2011

Russia charges doctors over jail death

Big Pond News

Russia has charged two doctors at a Moscow prison with causing the 2009 death in pre-trial detention of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, a tragedy that ignited global outrage, investigators say.

The Investigative Committee said on Friday it had “established a direct link between Magnitsky’s death and actions of the doctors in the prison” and had charged prison doctors Larisa Litvinova and Dmitry Kratov.

Litvinova is charged with causing death by negligence and if convicted could face up to three years in prison.

Kratov, who holds the senior post of deputy prison director, is charged with carelessness and faces up to five years in jail.

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14
August 2011

Russia Charges Prison Doctors in Magnitsky’s Death

Voice of America

Russia has charged two doctors in the 2009 death of imprisoned lawyer Sergei Magnitsky after he spent almost a year in a pre-trial detention center.

A spokesman for the Investigative Committee said Friday it had established a direct link between Magnitsky’s death and the actions of the doctors in the prison.

The chief physician at Moscow’s Butyrskaya prison, Larisa Litvinova, was charged with manslaughter by negligence, while the prison’s deputy chief, Dmitry Kratov, was charged with negligence. They are the first people charged in the case.

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14
August 2011

Russia Charges 2 Doctors Over Magnitsky’s Death

The Wall Street Journal

Russia said it charged two doctors at a Moscow jail with causing the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, AFP reported.

Magnitsky’s death ignited worldwide outrage, and he has been hailed as a martyr by activist groups. The Investigative Committee said it had “established a direct link between Magnitsky’s death and actions of the doctors in the jail,” and charged doctors Larisa Litvinova and Dmitry Kratov.

Litvinova is charged with negligence and manslaughter, and AFP reports she could face three years behind bars. Kratov is charged with carelessness and could face up to five years in prison. Neither appeared to be contacted for comment by AFP.

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