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Play and Ambivalence Mark Second Anniversary of Sergei Magnitsky’s Death
Supporters around the world are marking the second anniversary of the death in prison of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, but the Moscow Times says the date is being virtually ignored in Russia.
A spokesman for Magnitsky’s employer, the British-based investment fund Hermitage Capital Management, told the Russian newspaper Wednesday that “the only official thing going on is the continuing cover-up by officials.”
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Russia Charges Prison Doctors in Magnitsky’s Death
Russia has charged two doctors in the 2009 death of imprisoned lawyer Sergei Magnitsky after he spent almost a year in a pre-trial detention center.
A spokesman for the Investigative Committee said Friday it had established a direct link between Magnitsky’s death and the actions of the doctors in the prison.
The chief physician at Moscow’s Butyrskaya prison, Larisa Litvinova, was charged with manslaughter by negligence, while the prison’s deputy chief, Dmitry Kratov, was charged with negligence. They are the first people charged in the case.
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