Stop the Untouchables. Justice for Sergei Magnitsky.

Russian party leader, rights activist doubt Magnitskiy case will be investigated

Interfax

The discontinuation of criminal proceedings against Butyrskiy remand centre doctor Larisa Litvinova in the case of the death of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergey Magnitskiy is unacceptable, Russian opposition party Yabloko leader Sergey Mitrokhin has said, as reported by the Russian news agency Interfax on 9 April.

Mitrokhin said: “This is unacceptable not only because this is a loud case but also because this is the government’s crime against a citizen. If such cases are closed so easily, then this means that criminals are simply being shielded.”

Mitrokhin added: “Objective justice does not exist in our country. If interests of large officials are involved, then the justice system works for them and this case, most likely, will not be investigated and none of the guilty will go to jail since officials are involved in it.”

Meanwhile, a member of the presidential human rights council and head of the National Anti-Corruption Committee Kirill Kabanov said that the Magnitskiy investigation was being wrapped up and that certain people were hoping to close the case when Putin takes the presidency.