next, let's get reaction of bill browder, a vocal critic of vladimir putin and and and to correct thecampaigner. i've seen so many reports were parliament banks the table, government makes various supportive noises, and nothing happens. so many people benefit from russian money that nobody wants to rock the boat. and because they don't want to rock the boat, nobody is asking the questions. and most profoundly, and this was stated in the report, constitutions aren't being done. the law enforcement agencies are doing theirjobs, they're not creating any disincentive for this kind of maligned influence to be happening. and without a disincentive, it will happen again. russia has been swift to dismiss the claims. the kremlin issued a statement, saying... that speak to the bbc‘s russian service joining us live now. russia is saying that this is rousseau phobia, com pletely saying that this is rousseau phobia, completely denying this? absolutely, russian state media is laughing at the report, and it helps them to broadcast their usual message, broadcasting that russia is accused for everythi

anchor: next, let's get reaction bill brown or, a - bill browder, a critic of vladimir putin and campaigner we have seen the government make noises and then nothing happens. so many benefit from russian money that nobody wants to rock the boat. and because they don't want to rock the boat, nobody is asking questions. law enfo aementncies are not creating disincentive for this type of malign influence. without a disincentive, it will happen again. >> pressure has been swift to dismiss the claims. the kremlin issued a statement, saying tharussia has never interfered in electoral processes in any coury. russia saying that this is rousseau phobia, completely denying this. >> russian state media and pro-cleanly -- pro-kremlin speakerslp, it them to broadcast that russia is accused for everything without any evidence, surrounded by enemies, his points internally and keep doing what he is doing externally. in a way, sometimes reckless, in a way western states say he is. the trouble, there is lack of evidence, it reverts to a game of wds. the kremlin knows this game myar anchor: they ha called russ

we've been speaking to segue a magnitsky former employer and businessman bill browder he campaigned for the british sanctions as well as the magnitsky act in the u.s. and he hopes the rest of the world will follow suit in punishing human rights abuses. i've been campaigning and advocating for consequences for the murder of sergei magnitsky for a decade and i used to be in the old times that governments would just issue stern words saying we condemn such and such government for doing some atrocity and the people were doing atrocities were just laughing because there was no consequence to them but by individualizing it surgically pointing out without evidence of persons committed to human rights abuse and then punishing that person with something they care about which is the ability to travel the ability to spend their money in the west all the sudden everyone paying attention and i can tell you from my own experience with vladimir putin that he made repealing the magnitsky act his single largest foreign policy priority because he was so upset by it so i think that this is a very powerful

bill browder worked with sergei magnitsky and is the head of the global magnitsky justice campaign he says the sanctions are an effective way to punish people who commit human rights abuses. we fought and struggled with multiple governments both labor and conservative and after 10 years we finally had a breakthrough which was today and so i view it as a huge milestone i think it is a huge development way beyond the magnitsky case to. is basically the new technology for the british government and other governments to apply it towards atrocities of human rights abuse when you sanction the government nobody cares if you sanction individuals the people who are sanctioned care care and those who are afraid of being sanctioned also here and so it creates a climate of fear among human rights violators and torturers that either they have they've lost their ability to travel and spend money in the west or they may lose it coming up and when you have personal consequences it's absolutely much more effective there are 6 other countries that have magnitsky act so united states canada the baltics

bill browder is the ceo and co—founder of hermitage capital management, the investment adviser to thetor in russia. hejoins me now. thank you so much for being with us. ijust want thank you so much for being with us. i just want to explain to viewers your connection with serge magnitsky, and the magnitsky is averaged over the foreign secretary has been talking about. and a surrogate magnitsky, a lawyer who worked with you in russia, just explain briefly to our viewers what happened to him. serge uncovered one of the largest tax fraud schemes in russian history and exposed to any retaliation for exposing it he was arrested, tortured for 358 days and killed a little more than ten years ago at the age of 37. and since then i've been on a mission to get justice for sergei magnitsky which has led us to this announcement today by the foreign secretary. and today by the foreign secretary. and to do you will commit, what you have heard today from the foreign secretary? very much so. this was a long and arduous struggle to get justice, we had to convince a government of that did not normally d

dead in his cell and he had accused russian officials of tax fraud themselves and he represented bill browder the u.s. business but himself convicted in absentia for tax fraud 'd up to 80 valued up to $80000000.00 mr browder since campaigned for the magnitsky law in america which targets sanctions that certain individuals as thought the u.k. as well as kind of them in australia and other countries hope to build legislation similar to that. now of course the u.k. said this is about human rights there haven't been any chinese individuals named on this list to be installed in for example a suppression of that we're going into a minority or even to do with the fallout between the saying that china and hong kong and also nobody from the american regime either of course there have been accusations by human rights groups that american police forces the security forces have been suppressing and attacking peaceful answer racism protests. you very much indeed. prime minister boris johnson has reportedly drawing up plans to end the use of holloway technology in the u.k. 5 g. network this comes just mont

well bill browder wet twist sergei magnitsky and is the head of a cable and its kate justice campaign he joins us now via skype from london thanks very much indeed for being with us see how significant do you see this move and. well i've been working on this campaign to get magnitsky act passed in the united kingdom for 10 years. we've we've fought and struggled with multiple governments both labor and conservative and after 10 years we finally had a breakthrough which was today and so i view it as a huge milestone i think it is a huge development way beyond the magnitsky case to. is basically the new technology for the british government and other governments to apply it towards atrocities and human rights abuse and why do they have done it now. well part of it is very personal as you mention in your report dominic rabbit was someone who i met 8 years ago i explained to him the case of the evidence of what happened in syria magnitsky and he was so shocked and appalled by the story that he took it on as his personal mission and since then he's been shepherding it through multiple parl

jail in russia after being found guilty of a number of tax crimes and he was also the lawyer for bill browder who was sentenced in absentia for a tax fraud alleged to be around $80000000.00 now 'd magnitsky died in pretrial custody just over 10 years ago and the u.s. themselves released a similar type of legislation targeting russian individuals called the magnitsky act and it's thought that this u.k. legislation will be based on that type of legal instrument now on that list the ones not included include people from china of course there have been tensions between the k. and china over the question. but also interestingly there were no american individuals no one from the u.s. government or other situations named on this but accusations got those in the u.s. security forces have been told suppressing and recent protests. prime minister boris johnson is reportedly drawing up plans to end the use of our way technology in the u.k.'s 5 g. network this comes just months after striking a deal with the chinese technology journal and the u.k. government cyber intelligence agency has presented a repo

jail in russia after being found guilty of a number of tax crimes and he was also the lawyer for bill browder who was sentenced in absentia for a tax fraud alleged to be around $80000000.00 now 'd magnitsky died in pretrial custody just over 10 years ago and the u.s. themselves released a similar type of legislation targeting russian individuals called the magnitsky act and it's thought that this u.k. legislation will be based on that type of legal instrument now on that list the ones in. not included include people from china of course there have been tensions between the u.k. and china over the question of one called it also interestingly there are no american individuals no one from the u.s. government or other situations named on this but accusations that those in the u.s. security forces have been involved suppressing anti racism protests the israeli thank you very much indeed. now prime minister barak johnson is reportedly drawing up plans to end the use of highway technology in the u.k. 5 g. network it comes just months after striking a deal with the chinese technology giant well the u

arrested for corruption now he was accused of tax fraud he was a client he was a lawyer on behalf of bill browder a businessman who himself was convicted in absentia for a tax for totaling almost 80000000 dollars and since misson ignace the death broad has been campaigning for people in russia to be subject to these types of financial controls and financial measures now another issue is of course to do with china in hong kong there are tensions between the u.k. over the question of hong kong with china but interestingly in this case it isn't full of other any chinese individuals who have been named in that list is there any thank you very much indeed. that prime minister boris johnson is reportedly drawing up plans to end the use of huawei technology in the u.k. 5 g. network this comes just months after striking a deal with the chinese technology giant the u.k. government cyber intelligence agency is reportedly set to present a report to the prime minister this week it said the documents claim the risk posed by the tech giant would be possible to manage in light of u.s. sanctions these were annou