Canada Parliament will discuss its "list of Magnitsky"

On Tuesday, the Canadian parliament will take a discussion of the case of a lawyer of the Hermitage Foundation Sergey Magnitsky, who died in the Russian investigative insulator, the Fund’s press service reports. At the meeting of the subcommittee on the international aspects of the human rights of the Parliament of Canada, the head of Hermitage Capital Management William Brauder will perform.

On October 31, 2011, a bill on sanctions against Russian officials in the Magnitsky case was submitted to the Parliament of Canada. The bill was introduced by the former Minister of Justice of Canada Irwin Kotler. The bill notes "the absence of an objective investigation in the Magnitsky case, despite evidence of the involvement of Russian officials in serious violations of human rights, thefts of funds from the Russian treasury, and the reprisal against Magnitsky," as well as that participial officials have not yet been established, have not been detained and not held accountable.

"The indicated bill is caused by the continuing impunity, and in this case, the directly shocking and scandalous impunity of Russian officials. The task of the bill is to assure those who defend human rights in Russia that they are not alone and pay tribute to the heroic self -sacrifice of Sergei Magnitsky. He acted in the interests of us all to defend the law," Kotler said.

The preparation of the document in the parliamentary subcommittee on human rights was first announced in December 2010. "The subcommittee calls on the Canadian government to introduce visa restrictions and freezing of the assets of Russian officials, in respect of which involvement in corporate corruption, tax fraud and arbitrary arrests, torture and death in the conclusion of Sergey Magnitsky is documented," the subcommittee said. The initiative of the subcommittee condemned the Russian Foreign Ministry, saying that Canadian parliamentarians put pressure on the investigation and intervene in the internal affairs of another state.

On December 6, the US Senate approved the "Magnitsky Law" in 92 votes against four. The Russian Foreign Ministry called this vote "performance in the theater of absurdity." On December 8, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that in response to the adoption of the Magnitsky Law, Russia will close the entry of US citizens who violate human rights. Earlier, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said that the Russian answer will be "symmetrical and asymmetric." In the State Duma, a response to the "Law of Magnitsky" is being prepared. The Council of the Lower Chamber will discuss the statement "On the inadmissibility of US actions", as well as a bill on response measures, developed by representatives of all factions.