and when the case of the state versus sergei magnitsky is called in a moscow courtroom the defendantill not be on the dock he has been dead for more than three years sergei magnitsky was arrested five years ago on tax fraud charges and died a year later and custody his death has led to the us introducing travel sanctions against a russian officials a move which calls a scandal between moscow and washington are. was at today's pretrial hearing and filed this report well the prosecution has justified his decision to resume the case against magnitsky which was stopped in two thousand and nine after his death even despite that the man in question has been dead for more than three years because the case has been so much controversial and the reason needs to find out where the move needs to have anything to do with the alleged embezzlement and tax evasion something he was accused of back in two thousand and eight. of the deceased man said that they would not participate in the struggle believing that this trial is a violation of human rights but the prosecution insists that this is not a v

believes to be associated with the death of sergei magnitsky the russians they do responded with sanctionsn us human rights violations as it was described of their own including a ban off on the door of the russian children by u.s. citizens meanwhile the prime minister of russia the media has been saying on many occasions that this case the initial case of sergei magnitsky has nothing to do with politics it's a purely criminal economic case which has to be brought to the end. but the area has joined catalonia and scotland and maneuvering towards separatism many politicians there believe that germany's largest state is better off alone complaining that it is forced to hand over too much cash to its poor relations berlin will help far is bavaria ready to go r.t.s. peter oliver reports. germany unified twenty three years ago the cracks are showing at least one of its regions void. we want an independent state of bavaria this is an extraordinary aim there are twelve million of variance if independent we could be the ninth biggest nation in the e.u. with the fifth largest annual economic turnov

believes to be associated with the death of sergei magnitsky the russians they do responded with sanctionson us human rights violations as it was described of their own including off on the door of the russian children by u.s. citizens. after a short break as crosstalk with peter lavelle stay with us you're watching our team . john kerry made his first major verbal gaffe as secretary of state by mixing the nonexistent country of courage to stand in one of his speeches of course it is funny when politicians misspeak george bush was pretty good at that but i can say that we all make mistakes when we speak trust me it is very easy to butcher the pronunciation of some place on earth like course to lowville bowl or walla walla washington.

i'm also court has resumed hearings in the trial of the late russian attorney sergei magnitsky he wasarrested five years ago on tax fraud charges but died a year later in pretrial detention his death has caused a scandal between a russia and the united states over human rights violations but this case supporters say that he was jailed because he accused the state officials in russia of corruption and he was also abused while in prison parties i'd say are shot ski has more on the case for the prosecution has justified his decision to resume the case against magnitsky which was stopped in two thousand and nine after his death. even despite that the man in question has been dead for more than three years because the case has been so much controversial and there is a certain need to find out whether magnitsky had anything to do with the alleged embezzlement and tax evasion something he was accused of back in two thousand and eight when he was arrested the family of the deceased man said that they would not participate in this trial believing that this trial is a violation of human rights

an investigation into the death of a russian lawyer sergei magnitsky has been drugged miscues a death in custody it died in custody in two thousand and nine investigators found no evidence crime was committed. as been following the story there have been no trespassing in in terms of the confinement or criminal confinement or criminal investigation against us again magnitsky that he was essentially jailed lawfully he was not beaten while in confinement and therefore they've also established that he has actually died from natural causes that is from heart failure and several other complications all of which are from several really severe diseases that he was suffering from and thus they have essentially ruled out any foul play which was the main point of contention between you can say the russian authorities and the family friends and several arrived groups all of whom were saying that you were. wasn't fact beaten while he was in jail and that that was the main reason why he died in november two thousand and nine in fact they have managed to raise enough controversy surrounding the case

believes to be associated with the death of sergei magnitsky the russians they do responded with sanctionson us human rights violations as it was described of their own including a ban off on the door of the russian children by u.s. citizens. well that's it for me in the news for the moment i'll be back with more free in about half an hour from now in the meantime kate is here in the studio with us and she's got the latest business for us believe it ukraine and gazprom yet again talking about pricing contracts we talk about this many times they're busy talking about it many times and still coming to no conclusion what's going on indeed and it's the first time the two leaders the two teams have come together twenty thirty and actually here in moscow at the moment trying to the last out some kind of deal some kind of compromise and it's all to do with price spells so i'll go through all the details as to what let's squabbling about after the break in the business but of course. they're serving that. just like their mother. the ones born in prison. most of the crimes committed by their parent