sergei magnitsky could have remained a statistic, one of the 4,000 who die in russia's often brutal prisons year. instead, his story has become the basis for the so-called magnitsky list, washington's list of russian officials who were involved in the tax fraud and in magnitsky's detention. thanks to lobbying by supporter in the west, the european parliament, canada, and the netherlands are all also considering their own visa bans for a list of 60 russians. u.s. action over the magnitsky case has exposed a raw nerve among moscow's elite. you can see it in the kremlin's response. it retaliated by blacklisting u.s. officials, but it also indicated it was targeting americans involved in the prosecution of two russian criminals. the arms dealer victor boot and convicted cocaine smuggler. so moscow is comparing the prosecution of notorious arms and drug smugglers with the prosecution and murder of an honest lawyer. in a case that even president medvedev had said required investigation. the underlying issue here is that for all the glitter of having been named a brick, one of the hot emerging mar

presidential human rights council has been looking into the high profile two thousand and nine death of sergei magnitsky who is being held on suspicion of corruption and a pretrial detention center more on this now from marty's peter all of a high there's no what's the council basing its suggestion on bring us up to speed here where the presidential council of human rights is basing this on documents which it suggests show that sort of game i'd need skis death was the result of the illegal use of the clubs by officials up by stuff from the detention center where he was being held now the council on human rights demands that these documents be shown to the investigation into but it's he's dead closer to magnitsky himself said it's his own rest was a retaliation to the testimony which he'd given suggesting financial impropriety on behalf of senior law enforcement officials here in russia so far the investigation. into his death which took place. in november of two thousand and nine has seen two doctors being charged with negligence of failing to provide adequate medical care to magnitsky while he was inju

imprisoned at the time members of the council insist that the prosecution look into the new evidence sergei magnitsky who worked for an investment company was arrested on ickes ations of corruption in two thousand and nine he died in pretrial detention facility several months later his family and colleagues claim he was deliberately denied medical help to prison doctors have been charged with negligence during the ongoing investigation the incident reverberated through human rights groups and prompted the u.s. to blacklist a number of russian citizens who they think are linked with the case russia criticized that move and responded with similar measures for u.s. officials. remember you can always find plenty more on the stories we're covering a click away at our tea dot com here's what's online right now. for our coverage of britain's prince william rescue two russian sailors after their ship sinks in stormy seas off north wales. and why you can't poke fun at the monarchy in thailand where a facebook giant can lend you a battle jail term if you like that story and overcharged the tom foreman. unafrai

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sergei magnitski was an american with a law firm in moscow. he was married with two children. his clients included the hermitage fund, which is the largest foreign portfolio investor in russia. through sergei magninski's invest work -- invest gave work on behalf of hermitage, it was discovered that russian tax officials and organized criminals worked together to steal $230 million in public funds. orchestratingthe largest tax rebate fraud in russian history. as magnitsky would come to find out, this group had fraudulently reregistered three investment companies of the hermitage fund and embezzled from the russian treasury all of the profits, taxes that the company -- these companies had paid and did so under the guise of a tax refund. in october of 2008, magnitsky voluntarily gave a sworn testimony against officials from the interior ministry against russian tax departments and the private criminals whom he found had perpetrated the fraud. a month later, interior ministry officers came to his moscow apartment, arrested him in front of his wife and two children, and threw him in

in may, 2011, i joined senator ben cardin in introducing the sur gay -- the sergei magnitsky rule of law accountability act. it extends sanctions to the officials in the magnitsky case and in other cases of gross human rights abuses. the legislation currently has 23 sponsors, and i urge all of my colleagues to consider joining us on this bill. join us on this bill today. on september 16, 2011, 15 leading human rights activists and representatives of the russian civil society issued an open letter urgently calling on this congress to pass this legislation. the letter states -- quote -- "sergei magnitsky has become a victim of the inhumane russian justice system. many russian citizens are unlawfully deprived of liberty due to the travesties of this system. the impunity of those who have fabricated the case against magnitsky and persecuted him opens the door for other officials who have enriched themselves with stolen property and targeted political opponents of the regime." the letter goes on to say the consistent application of international pressure on corrupt members of the ruling es