Browder’s lawyer dies in Moscow jail
The Financial Times, by Catherine Belton in Moscow
A lawyer representing William Browder, the foreign investor who was barred from Russia, has died in a Moscow jail amid an escalating war between the activist investor and the Russian government over claims of tax fraud and corruption.
The death of Sergei Magnitsky, 37, on Monday night will reignite questions over Moscow’s campaign against Mr Browder’s Hermitage Capital Management, once Russia’s biggest foreign portfolio investor, just as it seeks to entice investors back into the country.
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Adviser to Hermitage investment fund dies in Russian custody
Reuters, Reporting by Dmitry Zhdannikov, editing by Michael Stott, Moscow Newsroom
A lawyer who advised Hermitage, once Russia’s biggest investment fund, has died in custody amid a row between the fund’s co-founder Bill Browder and the Russian authorities over alleged tax frauds.
Sergei Magnitsky, 37, who advised Hermitage while at law firm Firestone Duncan, died of heart failure on Monday, Russia’s Prosecutor-General’s main investigative unit said on Tuesday.
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Lawyer Held in Tax Case in Russia Dies in Jail
The New York Times, By ELLEN BARRY
MOSCOW — A 37-year-old Russian lawyer for an international investment fund, Hermitage Capital Management, died in a pretrial detention center on Monday, nearly a year after he was arrested in an escalating feud between the Russian authorities and the company, Russia’s Interior Ministry announced on Tuesday.
The lawyer, Sergei L. Magnitsky, who was in charge of the tax practice at the Moscow law firm of Firestone Duncan, died of toxic shock and heart failure in the prison hospital, said Irina V. Dudukina, a spokeswoman for the Interior Ministry’s Investigative Committee.
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- The corrupt officers attempt to arrest 8 lawyers
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- Petitions requesting a real investigation into Magnitsky's death
- Worldwide reaction, calls to punish those responsible for corruption and murder
- Complaints against Lt.Col. Kuznetsov
- Complaints against Major Karpov
- Cover up
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