RUSSIA: U.S. CONGRESSMEN PROPOSE SANCTIONS IN LAWYER’S DEATH
NYT
September 30, 2010 -
Russia: U.S. Congressmen Propose Sanctions in Lawyer’s DeathBy CLIFFORD J. LEVY
Published: September 30, 2010
Members of the United States Congress introduced legislation on Wednesday that would impose financial sanctions and visa bans on Russian officials implicated in the case of Sergei L. Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who died in prison in Moscow in November after being ensnared in tax inquiry. The measure’s sponsors — including Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, a Maryland Democrat, and Representative Jim McGovern, a Massachusetts Democrat — said it was intended to spur the Russian government to properly investigate Mr. Magnitsky’s death. His defenders contend that he was jailed in an effort to force him to falsify testimony against Hermitage Capital Management, a major foreign investment fund that once had large holdings in Russia. His death caused widespread outrage and focused renewed attention on police tactics and corruption in Russia.
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