Browder's firms illegally bought Gazprom shares - Interior ministryThe companies of Hermitage Capital Management CEO William Browder, which took part in tenders selling Gazprom shares, violated the ban on selling the gas monopolys shares to foreigners.13:42 05.03.2013
Embezzlement hearing against deceased Magnitsky to begin March 4The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow will hear the case against Hermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who was charged with tax avoidance and died in pretrial detention in 2009, on March 4, 2013.14:37 18.02.2013
Police investigate Hermitage Capital for illegal purchase of Gazprom sharesThe police have asked the Moscow branch of the HSBC bank, the founder of the Hermitage Capital investment fund, to provide information on Hermitage Capital companies which opened accounts with HSBC. The request was issued as part of a case on the illegal acquisition of Gazprom shares.13:01 18.02.2013
Moldova launches money-laundering proceedings over Magnitsky fundsIn response to a claim filed by the UK-based Hermitage Capital, Moldova has launched criminal proceedings which, according to an EU Observer report, implicate the country’s largest bank, the “Russian mafia,” and six European countries.12:42 11.02.2013
Magnitsky allegedly masterminded fraudulent sale of Gazprom sharesHermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Moscow investigative isolation ward in 2009, may have helped to devise a scheme to sell Gazprom shares to foreigners, which was illegal.16:37 01.02.2013
Attorney appointed for deceased defendant Magnitsky in tax evasion caseMoscow's Tverskoy District Court on Monday ruled to appoint an attorney for the tax evasion case against deceased Hermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who died while in pre-trial detention in 2009.13:39 28.01.2013
Millions in Magnitsky case allegedly laundered through Estonian banksAn inquiry conducted in Estonia into the alleged embezzlement of Russian budgetary funds as reported by late Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky has revealed that roughly $10 million was allegedly laundered through Estonian banks. However, the Prosecutor General's Office has opted against opening a case, Prosecutor Piret Paukstys told the Eesti Paevaleht daily.14:54 24.01.2013
Lithuania freezes bank accounts related to Magnitsky caseThe Lithuanian authorities have frozen several bank accounts as part of the case of embezzled budget funds, exposed by Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in the Matrosskaya Tishina prison in 2009.13:04 22.01.2013
Former detention center official acquitted in Magnitsky death caseA Moscow district court has acquitted the former pretrial detention center official, accused of negligence which resulted in Sergei Magnitsky death.12:54 28.12.2012
Case against Magnitsky to be examined on Jan. 28 behind closed doorsA Moscow district court will hold preliminary hearing on January 28 in the case against Sergei Magnitsky whose death in a Moscow pretrial detention center in 2009 evoked an international public outcry.15:00 27.12.2012
Magnitsky and Browder attorneys refuse to participate in trialThe attorneys for Sergei Magnitsky’s family and William Browder, Hermitage Capital Management CEO, have refused to take part in a trial which they claim to be politically motivated.12:55 26.12.2012
Magnitsky's case hearing stalls over formalityThe Prosecutor General's Office cannot file a new criminal case against Hermitage Capital fund auditor Sergei Magnitsky and the fund's head William Browder for procedural reasons, says Alexander Antipov, the attorney of one of the defendants.14:38 04.12.2012
Interior Ministry denies officials investigation in Hermitage embezzlementThe Interior Ministry has no role in the investigation into officials' involvement in the embezzlement of the 5.4 bln rubles ($173.3mln) as part of the Magnitsky case, the ministry's press center reports. The Interior Ministry therefore refutes the information that the Hermitage Capital fund received a notification from the Interior Ministry in regard to this matter.10:28 23.11.2012
No evidence found against Russian officials in alleged Magnitsky embezzlementRussia's Interior Ministry notified Hermitage Capital that no evidence has been found to substantiate the latter's claim that Russian officials embezzled 5.4 billion rubles from the Russian budget. Former employee Sergei Magnitsky was in jail for this embezzlement when he died in prison in 2009, and Hermitage Capital has consistently maintained that the theft was in fact attributable to government officials.12:35 21.11.2012
Interior Ministry completes investigation into Magnitsky caseThe investigation report of the criminal case regarding Sergei Magnitsky, the Hermitage Capital fund lawyer who died three years ago in the Investigative Isolation Ward, has been submitted to the prosecutor's office for the approval of the bill of indictment, a source in the law enforcement authorities told RIA Novosti on Friday.13:26 02.11.2012
UK parliamentary committee calls on Cabinet to publish Magnitsky listThe House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee has advised the government to publish the names of those who are barred from entering the United Kingdom for their involvement in the death of Hermitage Capital Fund lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.11:25 18.10.2012
Magnitsky - Browder tax evasion case assigned to new investigatorRussia's Investigative Department reports that the Hermitage Capital tax evasion case is being reassigned to a new investigator. William Browder and auditor Sergei Magnitsky are named as the primary suspects in the case.11:27 08.08.2012
Magnitsky's mother demands disclosure of prosecutors' namesThe mother of Sergei Magnitsky has requested Moscow's Simonovsky District Court to disclose the names of the 12 prosecutors investigating her son's case, the Hermitage Capital press service reports.10:50 24.07.2012
Parliamentary investigation says Magnitsky's arrest and detention were lawfulThe arrest of Hermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky and the decision to hold him in custody were lawful; however the circumstances surrounding his death and the reasons for which he was denied medical aid must be scrupulously investigated, according to a report on a preliminary parliamentary investigation presented in Washington by a group of Federation Council members.10:51 12.07.2012
Browder's case referral to court without notice may be contested in ECHRThe referral of the Hermitage Capital CEO's case to court despite the fact that he was not duly summoned might be a blatant violation, and could later be contested in the European Court of Human Rights.16:57 02.07.2012