10 years after Magnitsky’s death, Russia was found guilty of violating his rights
The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that Russia violated the rights of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer for the British investment fund Hermitage Capital, who died in 2009 in the Matrosskaya Tishina pre-trial detention center. According to the decision of the ECHR, Russia must pay the applicants 34 thousand euros (a little more...
The US Treasury imposed sanctions against Kadyrov and four other Russians
The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, came under US sanctions under the Magnitsky Act. In addition to him, the department's website also lists the head of the Argun department of internal affairs. According to Novaya Gazeta, he is involved in the torture of gays in the republic, about which this year ...