While Russian prosecutors have not tried very hard to win a
conviction in the case of the death of Sergei Magnitsky, they are moving
forward with a posthumous trial for the hedge fund lawyer. The trial of Magnitsky, who died in a Russian prison in
November 2009 at the age of 37, and of his client, Hermitage Capital
Management's William Browder, began today in Moscow . The two are accused of tax fraud.
It is unclear whether the trial, condemned as
"Kafkaesque" by Amnesty International, will be open to the public.
Magnitsky's mother is boycotting the proceedings and has urged the lawyers
appointed to represent her dead son to refuse to serve.
The Magnitsky case has become a major sore spot between Russia
and the west. A U.S. law
freezing the assets of and denying visas to 60 Russian officials Browder
alleges were involved with Magnitsky's death led to a retaliatory law from Russia , barring U.S. citizens from adopting Russian
children…..
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