Oleg Logunov
 | Oleg Logunov Date of Birth: 04 February 1962 Crime Category: Torture and Murder Category: Official Institution: Interior Ministry/ General Prosecutor Office Biographical Data: Present – Head of Legal Affairs Department, Russian General Prosecutor Office; Until December 2009, Deputy Head of Interior Ministry’s Investigative Committee |
Record:
Personally oversaw the repressive criminal case against Sergei Magnitsky. One month after Magnitsky’s testimony against police officers for the $230 million fraud, authorized those police officers to investigate the $230 million fraud and to work on the case against Magnitsky under which he was arrested. Authorized Magnitsky’s detention for 12 months without trial. Signed the decree accusing in the entire $230 million a sawmill worker while state officials were absolved from responsibility.
After Magnitsky’s death, denied that Interior Ministry was aware of Magnitsky’s illnesses and that Magnitsky had complained to investigators about the denial of medical care.
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Evidence:
1. Decree by Oleg Logunov to appoint conflicted police officers (Kuznetsov, Droganov, Tolchinsky, Krechetov) to investigate the $230 million fraud in which they were implicated by Magnitsky, 6 November 2008 (Russian)
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2. Decree by Oleg Logunov to appoint conflicted police officers to the case against Magnitsky one month after his testimony against those police officers, 12 November 2008 (Russian + English)
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3. Decree by Oleg Logunov to accuse in the $230 million fraud a “sawmill worker” and absolve state officials from responsibility, 10 April 2009 (Russian)/
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4. Decree by Oleg Logunov to authorize petition to extend Magnitsky detention without trial to 12 months using false information from FSB that Magnitsky applied for a UK visa, 8 September 2009 (Russian)
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5. Sergei Magnitsky’s statement about his repressive prosecution in retaliation for his testimonies against police officers and their retaliatory involvement in his arrest and detention, 13 October 2009 (Russian + English)
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