Russia vows to retaliate against US Magnitsky billRussia will take retaliatory measures in response to the US legislature's decision to adopt new laws imposing sanctions against certain Russian individuals believed to have been connected with the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian presidential aide said on Sunday.18:08 09.12.2012
US Senate passes Magnitsky ActOn Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed the Magnitsky Act, a bill imposing visa sanctions against those Russians who - in the view of the US government - have been involved in human rights violations, and simultaneously voted for the cancellation of the Jackson-Vanik amendment, a landmark Cold War-era law that has long impeded U.S.-Russian trade relations.11:34 07.12.2012
Magnitsky's case hearing stalls over formalityThe Prosecutor General's Office cannot file a new criminal case against Hermitage Capital fund auditor Sergei Magnitsky and the fund's head William Browder for procedural reasons, says Alexander Antipov, the attorney of one of the defendants.14:38 04.12.2012
Disputes over formulations delay examination of Magnitsky list bill in USThe U.S. Senate's consideration of the bill on Magnitsky list has been delayed by ongoing disputes among senators regarding the phrasing of one sentence in the document. On November 16, an overwhelming majority of U.S. House representatives voted in favor of passing the "Magnitsky Act", punishing Russian officials deemed to have violated human rights.15:15 29.11.2012
Prosecutor General's Office greenlights the Magnitsky indictmentThe Prosecutor General's Office has approved the indictment in the tax-evasion case against Sergei Magnitsky, who died at the investigative isolation ward three years ago.10:40 29.11.2012
Key Magnitsky witness found dead in his UK mansionPolice informant and key witness in the Magnitsky case Alexander Perepilichnyy has been found dead in his Surrey mansion. Perepilichnyy had provided key evidence against the "Klyuev Group," described as "an opaque network of corrupt Russian officials and underworld figures implicated in a series of multi-million pound tax frauds," as well as Magnitsky's death.12:03 28.11.2012
Interior Ministry denies officials investigation in Hermitage embezzlementThe Interior Ministry has no role in the investigation into officials' involvement in the embezzlement of the 5.4 bln rubles ($173.3mln) as part of the Magnitsky case, the ministry's press center reports. The Interior Ministry therefore refutes the information that the Hermitage Capital fund received a notification from the Interior Ministry in regard to this matter.10:28 23.11.2012
No evidence found against Russian officials in alleged Magnitsky embezzlementRussia's Interior Ministry notified Hermitage Capital that no evidence has been found to substantiate the latter's claim that Russian officials embezzled 5.4 billion rubles from the Russian budget. Former employee Sergei Magnitsky was in jail for this embezzlement when he died in prison in 2009, and Hermitage Capital has consistently maintained that the theft was in fact attributable to government officials.12:35 21.11.2012
Russia calls shenanigans on Magnitsky list and vows to reactThe Magnitsky list is just for show and will have no practical effect on the visa regime between Russia and the United States, Mikhail Margelov, chairman of the Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, said.11:45 19.11.2012
US House backs Russia ‘Magnitsky’ rights restrictionsUS lawmakers on Friday overwhelmingly passed the “Magnitsky Act” to punish Russians deemed to have violated human rights, and also lifted a landmark Cold War-era law that has long impeded normal US-Russia trade relations.11:58 17.11.2012
Russia to react harshly to adoption of Magnitsky list law in USRussia will react harshly if the United States approves the so-called "Magnitsky law," which will negatively affect relations between Washington and Moscow, Foreign Ministry official spokesperson Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday.16:22 15.11.2012
US Reps to vote on Magnitsky list and Jackson-Vanik amendment on Nov. 16The House of Representatives will vote on the bill on the Magnitsky list and the simultaneous annulment of the Jackson-Vanik amendment on November 16, according the house's schedule.13:22 14.11.2012
Interior Ministry accuses Magnitsky's lawyers of procrastinationThe defense of late Hermitage Capital fund lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a pretrial investigative isolation ward three years ago, are intentionally procrastinating their study of the materials in the criminal case, the Interior Ministrys Investigative Department said on Friday.16:41 02.11.2012
Interior Ministry completes investigation into Magnitsky caseThe investigation report of the criminal case regarding Sergei Magnitsky, the Hermitage Capital fund lawyer who died three years ago in the Investigative Isolation Ward, has been submitted to the prosecutor's office for the approval of the bill of indictment, a source in the law enforcement authorities told RIA Novosti on Friday.13:26 02.11.2012
Witness testifies that Magnitsky did not file any complaintsWitness Alexei Levin, who was the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service's medical department for Moscow in 2009, has testified at the Moscow Tverskoy District Court that neither Sergei Magnitsky himself, nor his relatives filed any complaints with him.10:54 31.10.2012
European recommendations on Magnitsky list form of pressure, Foreign MinistryThe Foreign Ministry has called the European Parliament's recommendations to limit entry to the EU for Russians on the Magnitsky list an attempt to place pressure on Russia's judicial system.17:54 24.10.2012
European Parliament recommends imposing Magnitsky list sanctionsDuring its plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday, the members of the European Parliament approved a report containing sanction proposals regarding the Russian officials who are thought to be involved in the death of Sergei Magnitsky.11:00 24.10.2012
Court refuses to inspect Magnitsky's holding cellThe Tverskoy District Court judge who is presiding over the case of former pre-trial detention center deputy warden Dmitry Kratov who is accused of dereliction of duties in Sergei Magnitsky's death, has refused to order an inspection of Matrosskaya Tishina jail.17:07 18.10.2012
UK parliamentary committee calls on Cabinet to publish Magnitsky listThe House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has advised the government to publish the names of those who are barred from entering the United Kingdom for their involvement in the death of Hermitage Capital Fund lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.11:25 18.10.2012
Prison doctor claims Magnitsky refused to undergo operationThe former Jail Surgery Department head at Matrosskaya Tishina prison has told the court on Tuesday that lawyer Sergei Magnistky refused to undergo an operation as he expected to be released soon.17:49 16.10.2012