Magnitsky List published in part, classified in partThe US Treasury Department released the names Friday of 18 Russian officials who will be sanctioned in accordance with the Magnitsky Act, a controversial US law that provoked strong reactions from Russia, including a ban on the adoption of Russian children.01:56 13.04.2013
US releases names of Russian officials on Magnitsky ListThe United States on Friday released the names of 18 Russian officials to be slapped with visa and financial sanctions under the controversial Magnitsky Act, which punishes individuals Washington deems complicit in human rights abuses.21:36 12.04.2013
Russia's Anti-Magnitsky list may include over 100 AmericansThe Russian response to the so-called Magnitsky List may include the names of 104 officials from the United States banned to enter Russia.11:08 12.04.2013
Russian MP asks Obama to put him on Magnitsky ListA Russian deputy from the northwestern Leningrad Region’s legislative assembly, who is also the leader of the ruling United Russia party’s regional branch, has asked US President Barack Obama to put him on the so-called Magnitsky List.09:52 10.04.2013
US congressman proposes 280 names to go on the Magnitsky listJim McGovern (D-MA), one of the original sponsors of the Magnitsky Act, has forwarded the presidential administration his own list of 280 Russian officials he believes should be on the State Department's Magnitsky list.12:08 05.04.2013
Witness claims dead defendant Magnitsky used illegal business schemeA former colleague of Hermitage Capital lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was charged with evading taxes and died in a pretrial detention center in 2009, told the Tverskoy District Court of Moscow that Magnitsky had used an illegal business scheme.17:45 27.03.2013
Hermitage Capital shuts down Russia operationsHermitage Capital Management Ltd., whose counsel Sergei Magnitsky’s 2009 death sparked an international outcry, will shut its doors in Russia, says co-founder and CEO William Browder.13:02 27.03.2013
State Duma will not collaborate with Magnitsky Act author to battle corruptionThe Russian State Duma will not cooperate with US Senator Ben Cardin, the author of the Magnitsky Act, in revealing the accounts and undeclared real estate owned by Russian officials.17:32 21.03.2013
Family members dispute decision to drop Magnitsky death probeFamily members of deceased whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky, rejected the claims of Russian investigators that no evidence of criminal activity was found in connection with Magnitsky’s 2009 death in a pre-trial detention center, according to a statement released by the family on the heels of the investigators’ announcement Tuesday.17:41 19.03.2013
Russian investigators close the book on Magnitsky prison deathA criminal investigation aimed at solving the mysteries surrounding the death of famed whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky has been closed, as Russian police claim to have found no evidence of a crime, according to a statement released by Russian federal investigators Tuesday.13:56 19.03.2013
Court to decide March 22 whether to prosecute dead whistleblower MagnitskyOn Monday the Tverskoy District Court in Moscow postponed the hearing of the tax evasion case against Hermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky, who died in pretrial detention in 2009, until March 22.13:45 11.03.2013
US senator denies backing Adoption Ban sanctionsA US lawmaker on Wednesday denied a Russian newspaper report suggesting he supports punishing Russian officials who backed Moscow’s controversial ban on US adoptions under the auspices of the Magnitsky Act.10:17 07.03.2013
Russian officials who banned US adoptions should be Magnitsky-listed - US SenatorUS Congress will insist that Russian officials who contributed to the ban on the adoption of Russian children by American parents should be included on the Magnitsky list, newspaper Kommersant has cited Benjamin Cardin, a Democratic senator from Maryland.12:13 06.03.2013
Sponsoring senator says Magnitsky Act does not hinder US-Russia relationsUS Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) does not think the Magnitsky Act hinders the development of US-Russian relations. Cardin sponsored the Magnitsky bill in the Senate, although a different wording of the bill was ultimately adopted.12:19 05.03.2013
Case against deceased Magnitsky to go on the merits March 11Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court will conduct an examination of the merits of criminal proceedings launched against deceased whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky, who died in a Moscow pretrial detention center in 2009 while awaiting trial on charges of tax evasion. The hearing on the merits will be held at 11am on March 11.20:25 04.03.2013
US confirms March publication of Magnitsky ListUS authorities are planning to publish the Magnitsky List this March, Howard Solomon, Deputy Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the US Embassy in Moscow, reported Thursday at a roundtable discussion in the Russian city of Kostroma.17:02 28.02.2013
US official denied Russian visa, cites Magnitsky RowA senior US lawmaker has been denied a Russian visa in what he said was likely a retaliatory move for the Magnitsky Act, a US law sanctioning Russian officials accused of human rights abuses.09:58 28.02.2013
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