Friday, April 12, 2013

my dirty laundry and yours

Russia has put the U.S. on warning: Do not publish a list of Russians banned from entering the U.S. on account of human rights abuses.
[T]he Russian foreign ministry has drawn up its own blacklist of US officials who are alleged to have committed human rights violations.
Sergei Magnitsky
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The Magnitsky Act passed by Washington in 2012 blacklists Russian officials accused of involvement in his death. The names - which have up to now been kept secret - are due to be made public on Friday.
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Mr Magnitsky had accused [Russian] officials of stealing $230m (£150m) from the state through fraudulent tax rebates. His family and rights groups say he was badly beaten and denied medical treatment in custody.
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The posthumous trial of Mr Magnitsky - who died aged 37 in pre-trial detention after developing pancreatitis - opened in Moscow in March but was adjourned shortly afterwards.
If you don't mention my syphilis, I won't mention your gonorrhea.

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