The political fallout continues on the Hermitage case in Russia and the death in prison of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky.  First Medvedev fired 20 prison officials, the complaints and outrage continued, and today he sacked Anatoly Mikhalkin of the Interior Ministry, who is alleged to have had involvement (“indirect links”) in the massive tax fraud / corporate identity theft of Hermitage.

I wonder who is going to go down next?  Below is the press release they are sending around, while the Financial Times has also punched up a story.

President Medvedev Fires Major General Anatoly Mikhalkin of the Moscow Interior Ministry

– Mikhalkin headed the Department that coordinated the campaign against HSBC and Hermitage Capital and the persecution and illegal detention of Sergei Magnitsky –

15 December 2009 – President Dmitry Medvedev today signed a decree dismissing Major General Anatoly Mikhalkin, Head of the Tax Crimes Department of the Moscow Branch of the Interior Ministry.