Sergei Magnitsky

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Browder suspected of organizing criminal gang – Russian prosecutors

A new criminal case has been opened against Hermitage Capital CEO William Browder in Russia on suspicion of organizing a criminal network.

12:17 19.11.2018

Lithuanian parliament passes bill similar to Magnitsky Act

Lithuanian Seimas has passed a bill on sanctions against persons, who are believed to be involved in the death of Hermitage Capital auditor Sergey Magnitsky on November 16, 2009, the resolution of the country’s parliament reads.

17:03 16.11.2017

Bank accounts related to alleged fraud uncovered by Magnitsky frozen in France – report

Authorities of France have frozen bank accounts with millions of euros that may be related to an alleged Russian tax fraud presumably exposed by Sergei Magnitsky.

12:05 25.06.2015

Request for probe into alleged mistreatment of Magnitsky dismissed

Russia's Investigative Committee has refused to launch a probe into alleged mistreatment of Hermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky who died in 2009 in a Moscow pretrial center while awaiting trial on embezzlement charges.

11:26 16.01.2015

US ready to expand Magnitsky List – State Department

In the future, the US intends to expand the Magnitsky List, a human rights abuse sanction roster established in 2009, RIA Novosti reports on Tuesday citing the US State Department.

11:10 30.12.2014

Ex-Russian police officer's suit against Hermitage Capital set for February

Moscow’s Meschansky District Court has set the first hearing in a defamation suit filed by former Russian Interior Ministry officer Pavel Karpov against Hermitage Capital Management and its CEO William Browder for February 11, 2015.

12:17 18.12.2014

Russia's Supreme Court dismisses appeal against Magnitsky’s posthumous prosecution

Russia’s Supreme Court has turned down an appeal filed by the mother of Hermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Moscow detention facility, against the posthumous prosecution of her son.

17:13 08.12.2014

Ex-Russian police officer's $5.5 mln suit against Hermitage Capital to be reconsidered

Moscow’s Meschansky District Court will reconsider a defamation lawsuit filed by former Russian Interior Ministry officer Pavel Karpov against Hermitage Capital Management and its founder William Browder, Karpov told RAPSI on Thursday.

14:00 27.11.2014

Magnitsky relatives appeal against his posthumous prosecution in Supreme Court

The mother of Hermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a detention facility, appealed to the Russian Supreme Court to block the posthumous prosecution of her son, Hermitage Capital informed RAPSI on Thursday.

12:07 20.11.2014

Russian authorities refuse to resume Magnitsky death probe for fourth time

Russia's Investigative Committee has once again rejected a motion to resume an investigation into the death of Hermitage Capital Fund auditor Sergei Magnitsky filed by his mother.

10:55 06.10.2014

Magnitsky’s Mother denied request to reopen investigation

The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has denied the reinvestigation request of the mother of the Hermitage Capital Management investment fund’s auditor Sergei Magnitsky regarding the circumstances of his death, as well as an independent medical examination, corporate officials told RAPSI on Thursday.

11:32 07.08.2014

Moscow City Court dismisses libel claim filed by Magnitsky’s mother

The Moscow City Court has dismissed a libel claim which was filed by the mother of the deceased Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky against a police officer Oleg Urzhumtsev.

17:19 30.06.2014

Norwegian Helsinki Committee files application on Magnitsky death

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) has filed an application to open a criminal investigation into the alleged role of Russian officials in the torture and killing of Russian tax lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009, Chief Public Prosecutor Siri Frigaard, head of the Norwegian National Authority for Prosecution of Organized and Other Serious Crime, told RAPSI.

11:44 24.04.2014

Magnitsky list’s investigator to file defamation suit in Russian court

Former Interior Ministry investigator Pavel Karpov is ready to file a defamation suit against William Browder and Jamieson Firestone and their companies Hermitage Capital Management Limited and Management UK Limited.

10:27 17.04.2014

Russia’s delegation criticizes PACE Magnitsky case report

A report by Swiss PACE member Andreas Gross on the Magnitsky case contains many inaccuracies according to Russia’s delegate, Leonid Slutsky, who spoke during a discussion of the document.

16:20 28.01.2014

US lawmakers propose expanding Magnitsky Act to all countries

US senators John McCain and Ben Cardin have submitted a bill to the US Congress that would potentially broaden the scope of the Magnitsky Act to all countries.

12:52 17.01.2014

Russian Interior Ministry denies new Magnitsky claim

The Russian Interior Ministry denied allegations that a new criminal case has been launched against Sergei Magnitsky, the auditor for Hermitage Capital who died in a Moscow detention facility in 2009.

11:29 13.01.2014

Defendants seek dismissal of US case on alleged Russian tax fraud

Prevezon Holdings Ltd., owned by Russian businessman Denis Katsyv, filed a motion to dismiss a complaint by US prosecutors accusing the former and its affiliates in connection with a money laundering scheme allegedly linked to a large-scale Russian tax fraud.

17:18 25.12.2013

US Embassy in Moscow cannot confirm Magnitsky List curb

The US Embassy in Moscow could not officially confirm the information that the White House allegedly decided to halt the expansion of so-called Magnitsky List.

13:41 20.12.2013

Magnitsky List may grow by year's end says US ambassador

The United States could broaden the number of Russian officials included on a travel blacklist by the end of this year, the US ambassador in Moscow said Wednesday.

14:12 11.12.2013