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EU-RUSSIA: “MAGNITSKY ACT” RECEIVES SUPPORT!
MEPs gave green light to the initiative of Kristiina Ojuland for visa restrictions and assets freezing to individuals implicated in death of the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. Today Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament voted for a recommendation to the EU Council with a score of 63 -2 – “no”, 1 – “abstention”.
On the eve of a vote Ojuland as a special reporter on the case held a debate with the representatives of differentn political groups in the European Parliament on amendments made.
“Hermitage Capital” Bill Browder, Magnitsky’s former employer, as a special guest of the hearing and an expert on the case called for ‘justice for Sergei’.
“We have all the evidence that Sergei had been beaten on the last night of his life, and he had been tortured before. Nevertheless Among 60 individuals implicated in the affair the only one who was prosecuted was a prison doctor, for not treating Sergei from the sicknesses he never had ” – said Browder.
Meanwhile the “Hermitage Capital” conducted its own investigation and the results were so convincing that the 39 million US doll in the accounts of corrupt officials have been frozen in Swiss banks recently.
“They love to travel and buy property in Europe, – observed Browder. – We must deny them this privilege, if we can’t get justice in Russia’. Since Magnitsky’s death the corrupt officials haven’t changed their luxurious lifestyle, acquiring properties and enjoying the European lifestyle. Moreover, the impunity encourages them to continue to insult the memory of the deceived and intimidate the victim’s relatives seeking justice.
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Short note on the extraordinary delegation meeting regarding the case of Sergey Magnitsky
On the 26/5/11the Parliamentary Cooperation Committee EU-Russia invited Mr Browder of the Hermitage Capitel Management and Mr Wiegand, Director for Russia from the EEAS, to update the European Parliament on developments regarding the Magnitsky case. A short report of the meeting.
Sergey Magnitsky died in pre-trial last year after having discovered a large scale corruption scandal. Magnitsky, who believed in justice and who did not want to give on pressure from officials that were serving their own pocket, did not survive the bitter fight he started against the Russian bureaucratic system. He was a lawyer for the Hermitage. His colleagues were shocked and in despair when they heard about his death.
Mr. Browder, the director of Hermitage had his heart broken at the moment he got the news of his death. Since that day he has been fighting for the justice Magnitsky was fighting for.
Mr Wiegand set out the attempts by the EU to get clarification on the case. The EEAS welcomed the resolution by the EP of December last year. In the meantime the case is mentioned at high level meetings with Russian officials. Also Medvedev´s promise to support an official investigation in the case is considered as a positive step. Until no official outcome of the investigations has been published, the EEAS will refrain from taking measures against Russian officials as was laid out in the resolution.
Mr. Browder also expressed its full satisfaction with the resolution adopted by the EP. However he is very concerned about promotions and awards recently given to officials that were involved in the case and outlined a number of indications of the Russian authorities to denial any crimes convicted by authority officials in relation to the death of Sergey Magnitsky.
Mr. Browder asked specifically for actions taken against the 60 officials as was proposed in the EP resolution, he is also of the opinion that neither the independent, nor the official investigation will lead to conviction of officials. Mr. Browder considers this case also as a clear example of grave shortcomings of the rule of law in the Russian Federation and believes that there are many more cases like Magnitsky where innocent civilians have become victim of activities of corruption and crimes by authority officials. unshaven girls займ срочно без отказов и проверок https://zp-pdl.com/online-payday-loans-cash-advances.php https://zp-pdl.com/get-a-next-business-day-payday-loan.php hairy woman
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European Parliamentarians Raise Questions in Magnitsky Case
Question for written answer
to the Commission
Rule 117
Werner Schulz (Verts/ALE) and Heidi Hautala (Verts/ALE)
Subject: Sanctions for Russian officials involved in the case of Sergey Magnitsky
Restrictive and targeted measures, such as those proposed by the European Parliament in its resolution of 16 December 2010 with regard to the case of Sergey Magnitsky, have recently been the subject of much debate and were touched upon in discussions on the need to review EU Neighbourhood policy, in particular in the light of the sanctions imposed on Belarus by the Council on 31 January 2011 and the need to curtail the severe human rights violations currently taking place in Southern Europe.
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