Short note on the extraordinary delegation meeting regarding the case of Sergey Magnitsky

Werner Schulz MEP – Blog

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