well at this point we know the judge has said that magnitsky is guilty and that william browder is officially considered his accomplice now magnitsky died in two thousand and nine after being in detention for almost a year after being arrested on charges of tax evasion. the case was dropped after his death but has been renewed we do know that the prosecutor has asked for the. for the case to be dismissed after the. after the verdict in regards to sergei magnitsky and asked for nine years in prison in absentia for william browder of course neither of the neither of the defendants are at the courtroom at the moment so given used to being dead and william browder who is now u.k. citizen for simply not attending the court session the entire case has been rather well publicized and has served as they are reasons for a diplomatic row between russia and the united states. has blacklisted quite a number of russian officials whom they believe to be guilty in the death of sergei magnitsky in two thousand and and nine. they have frozen their assets and have basically prohibited them from entering the un

thousand and nine is guilty of tax evasion similar rulings has been brought against his former boss william browder u.k. citizen who refused to attend court session who was also sentenced to nine years in prison in absentia now according to court documents and to witness testimony both musically and browder have constructed an elaborate scheme of tax evasion by essentially employing so-called dead souls people who were either disabled and couldn't work or people who were who were dead by centrally putting them on the list of people who supposedly were working for browder thereby investing more than seventeen million dollars now the case has garnered a lot of attention because prior to his arrest and subsequent claims that he has been covered in the labyrinth corruption scheme which involved some high ranking russian officials and human rights activists in russia and abroad claimed that this was partly the reason for my new skis demise in the prisons the case has enough not breach of russia's borders even bringing to the to a diplomatic route between moscow and washington because u.s. officials have

to have the hermitage capital fund william browder in a high profile tax evasion trial now let's cross live to. the courthouse over to reno. well the court has ruled that sergei magnitsky who died in custody in two thousand and nine was guilty off tax evasion the same the same charges were brought against his former boss william browder who was also found guilty of tax evasion and sentenced in absentia to nine years in prison now both men are accused of constructing elaborate schemes by. attorneys and essentially pulling a quote unquote persons who are disabled or diseased. in the process more than five hundred million rubles a week now and neither the defendants of course were in court so we'll have to read that is and he refused to be present. to the. investigation charges of allegedly uncovering an elaborate corruption scheme which involved some high ranking russian officials was part of the reason for his death in custody that however has been disputed by russian law officials gets the case has gained enough not to write to spread beyond russia's state borders and actually to invol

verdicts against the late auditor sergei magnitsky and the head of the hematomas capital fund william browder both were accused of tax evasion in a high profile case in russia that has stirred international controversy. has more . sergei magnitsky has been found guilty off tax evasion hit his former boss will invalid or has been found to be also guilty off tax evasion charges as well the prosecutor has initially asked to force a game against could be convicted and then to dismiss the case he has also asked for a nine year prison term for william browder in absentia at the case of the magnitsky who died in detention in two thousand and nine watch he is relatives and human rights activist saying are saying. it was the result of severe beatings that he has sustained the entire case has sparked a lot of controversy not just in russia but also abroad and u.s. has actually issued a so-called act which blacklists quite a number of russian officials from entering the country and also freezing their assets abroad russia has been delegated with this summer a list of u.s. officials charging them with ob

that manager was william browder. he was also convicted of fraud, but mr. browder is in america and he has no intention of serving a nine-year prison sentence he received today. a criminalfectively regime. you had a young man who uncovered an enormous corruption, to the tune of 230 million dollars. he exposed it and instead of going after the people involved, they arrested him him a tortured and killed him and prosecuted him. >> the court says that justice has been done. putting a dead man in the dock and declaring him guilty, it is hard to argue that that is a fair trial. now to greece, there is evidence that the struggling economy is getting even worse. figures released show that total unemployment is at a record 26 .9%. the highest in the eu. the government in athens says they have to press on with austerity measures including more cuts to public sector jobs and healthcare spending. we went to greece to investigate claims that these cuts are making it harder to get medical treatment. >> kristoff is to seven, but he is already in a delicate state. he suff