April 10, 2012 By Citizen M

Another Blow To Justice For Magnitsky

In another sign that Russia is not taking corruption, police brutality or legal nihilism seriously, it has been revealed that, of the two people finally held in some way accountable for the death in custody of Sergei Magnitksy, one of them has been exculpated of the charges. Larisa Litvinova, the doctor supervising the health of the corruption-battling lawyer a Butyrka prison hospital, was charged with negligence after denying him basic tests and treatment that could have saved his life.  The case against her has now been dropped.  William Browder, Magnitsky’s former employer and the tireless defender of his memory had this to say: