All Posts Tagged With: "Matrosskaya Tishina"

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Moscow Theater Stages Play of Magnitsky’s Death

A Moscow theater is staging a play based on the daily journal of Hermitage Capital Management lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, whose death last November continues to resonate throughout Russian civil society.

Jul 16, 2010 | Continued
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Medics Charged in Vera Trifonova’s Death

Federal investigators are charging medical workers with negligent homicide in the death of Moscow businesswoman Vera Trifonova, after a medical investigation established that a forgotten catheter caused her death.

Jun 14, 2010 | Continued
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US Congress Holds Hearing on Magnitsky

The US Congress held a hearing today on the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, with congressmen promising to introduce legislation banning Russian officials involved in the death from traveling to the United States.

May 7, 2010 | Continued
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Investigator Charged in Trifonova’s Death

The lead investigator allegedly at fault for the death of a chronically ill businesswoman in a Moscow detention facility is being charged with criminal negligence, but the victim’s lawyer insists that the negligence was intentional.

May 5, 2010 | Continued
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How Vera Trifonova Was ‘Purposefully Destroyed’

Half a year after Sergei Magnitsky’s scandalous death, a Russian businesswoman has died from a lack of medical care in Moscow’s Matrosskaya Tishina detention facility. Theotherrussia.org provides a chronicle of the events leading up to her death.

Apr 30, 2010 | Continued
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Prison System Admits Partial Guilt in Lawyer Death

A top official in the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service has admitted that the prison system is partially to blame for the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was held for a year without charge and allegedly denied medical treatment.

Nov 27, 2009 | Continued