US releases Magitsky List . Russia publishes its Magitsky list response - tit for tat huma rights violations in play by both US and Russia.....

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Russia strikes back with Magnitsky list response

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Published time: April 13, 2013 08:02
Edited time: April 13, 2013 11:16
Russia has released the list naming 18 Americans banned from entering the Russian Federation over their alleged human rights violations, as a direct response to the so-called Magnitsky list revealed by the US on Friday.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Aleksandr Lukashevich stressed that the publication of Magnitsky List is a “heavy blow to bilateral relations and mutual trust.” 

“We’d like to particularly note that unlike the American [Magnitsky list], our list includes in the first place those involved in legalizing torture and indefinite confinement of the prisoners of Guantanamo Bay detention facility, arrests and abductions of Russian citizens to third-party countries, and infringement on their life and health,” Lukashevich explained.

“The 'war of lists' is not our choice, but we must respond to open blackmail. The time has come for politicians in Washington to finally realize that building up relationship with a country like Russia in the spirit of mentoring and outright dictatorship is hopeless,” he said.

Before the Magnitsky list was released, Russia warned that the reaction would be in accordance with the“rules of parity.”

“We will not publish anything substantially different in terms of the numbers [of names] published by the American side,” explained Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

The final version of the list of Russian officials and businessmen who will be banned from entering the United States while their stateside assets will be frozen includes 18 people. Sixteen of them are said to be “directly responsible” for Magnitsky’s death in prison, according to Washington's version of events.

There are no top Russian officials on the list at the moment, however, according to a senior US State Department official there is a separate, classified version of the list. Those included on the secret list will be banned from entering the US, but won’t be stripped of their assets, because “you can’t do an asset ban in secret,” the official said.

Although the published list is considerably shorter than the 60 officials that Magnitsky Act author Benjamin Cardin accuses of involvement in the tax lawyer’s death, the Act suggests that the US government would annually add new Russians it views as ‘human rights violators’ to the list. 

Sergey Magnitsky was a lawyer working at the British investment fund Hermitage Capital, which was involved in a large-scale tax evasion scandal in 2007. Magnitsky, insisting a group of Russian officials were behind the embezzlement, was arrested on suspicion of assisting with tax evasion. Almost a year later, Magnitsky died of a heart attack awaiting trial in a Moscow detention center. His supporters claim he was tortured to extract a confession and to withdraw his accusations. In March 2013, the criminal case into his death was closed due the absence of a crime.

But despite disagreement over the list, the US will continue to work with Russia on issues of mutual interest, White House spokesman Jay Carney said. 

“We have our differences with Russia,” said Carney. “We make them clear. Human rights is an issue that we have disagreements with them on at times and, you know, we are very frank and candid about that. And we will engage with the Russians on those issues as well as the others that we have.”

Russia’s list of unwanted Americans is sanctioned under the so-called Dima Yakovlev law that came into force in January. A complete ban on adoptions of Russian children by US parents or by proxy of US organizations was included in the extensive regulation on "measures against persons involved in abuse of fundamental human rights and freedoms including those of Russian citizens.”

US officials involved in legalizing torture and indefinite detention of prisoners (The Guantanamo List)

1) David Spears Addington, Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (2005-2009)
2) John Choon Yoo, Assistant US Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice (2001-2003)
3)  Geoffrey D. Miller, retired US Army Major General, commandant of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), the organization that runs the Guantanamo Bay detention camps (2002-2003)
4) Jeffrey Harbeson, US Navy officer, commandant of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), the organization that runs the Guantanamo Bay detention camps (2010-2012)

US officials involved in violations of the rights and freedoms of Russian citizens abroad

5) Jed Saul Rakoff, Senior US District Judge for the Southern District of New York
6) Preetinder S. Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
7) Michael J. Garcia, former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York
8) Brendan R. McGuire, Assistant US Attorney
9) Anjan S. Sahni, Assistant US Attorney
10) Christian R. Everdell, Assistant US Attorney
11) Jenna Minicucci Dabbs, Assistant US Attorney
12) Christopher L. Lavigne, Assistant US Attorney
13) Michael Max Rosensaft, Assistant US Attorney
14) Louis J. Milione, Special Agent, US Drug Enforcement Administration
15) Sam Gaye, Senior Special Agent, US Drug Enforcement Administration
16) Robert F. Zachariasiewicz, Special Agent, US Drug Enforcement Administration
17) Derek S. Odney, Special Agent, US Drug Enforcement Administration
18) Gregory A. Coleman, Special Agent, US Federal Bureau of Investigation


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U.S. government releases Magnitsky list

Posted By Josh Rogin  Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:59 PM   Share

The Treasury Department released Friday the names of 18 Russian officials who will be subject to visa bans and asset freezes under the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2013, which requires the U.S. government to identify Russian human rights violators.

16 of the officials named were directly involved in the case of Magnistky, an anti-corruption lawyer who died in Russian prison, allegedly after being tortured by his captors.

We'll have more on this later today, but for now, here's the list in its entirety:

• BOGATIROV, Letscha (a.k.a. BOGATYREV, Lecha; a.k.a. BOGATYRYOV, Lecha); DOB 14 Mar 1975; POB Atschkoi, Chechen Republic, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• DROGANOV, Aleksey O.; DOB 11 Oct 1975; POB Lesnoi Settlement, Pushkin Area, Moscow Region, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• DUKUZOV, Kazbek; DOB 1974; POB Urus-Martan District, Chechen Republic, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• KARPOV, Pavel; DOB 27 Aug 1977; POB Moscow, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• KHIMINA, Yelena; DOB 11 Sep 1953; POB Moscow, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• KOMNOV, Dmitriy; DOB 17 May 1977; POB Kashira Region, Moscow, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• KRIVORUCHKO, Aleksey (a.k.a. KRIVORUCHKO, Alex; a.k.a. KRIVORUCHKO, Alexei); DOB 25 Aug 1977; POB Moscow Region, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• KUZNETSOV, Artem (a.k.a. KUZNETSOV, Artyom); DOB 28 Feb 1975; POB Baku, Azerbaijan (individual) [MAGNIT].
• LOGUNOV, Oleg; DOB 04 Feb 1962; POB Irkutsk Region, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• PECHEGIN, Andrey I.; DOB 24 Sep 1965; POB Moscow Region, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• PODOPRIGOROV, Sergei G.; DOB 08 Jan 1974; POB Moscow, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• PROKOPENKO, Ivan Pavlovitch; DOB 28 Sep 1973; POB Vinnitsa, Ukraine (individual) [MAGNIT].
• SILCHENKO, Oleg F.; DOB 25 Jun 1977; POB Samarkand, Uzbekistan (individual) [MAGNIT].
• STASHINA, Yelena (a.k.a. STASHINA, Elena; a.k.a. STASHINA, Helen); DOB 05 Nov 1963; POB Tomsk, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• STEPANOVA, Olga G.; DOB 29 Jul 1962; POB Moscow, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• TOLCHINSKIY, Dmitri M. (a.k.a. TOLCHINSKY, Dmitry); DOB 11 May 1982; POB Moscow, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• UKHNALYOVA, Svetlana (a.k.a. UKHNALEV, Svetlana; a.k.a. UKHNALEVA, Svetlana V.); DOB 14 Mar 1973; POB Moscow, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].
• VINOGRADOVA, Natalya V.; DOB 16 Jun 1973; POB Michurinsk, Russia (individual) [MAGNIT].

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US names 18 on Magnitsky list accused of human rights abuse in Russia

13/04 02:45 CET

The United States has published a list of 18 people it has banned from the country, 16 of whom are linked to the case of Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky who died in custody in 2009.

The 37-year-old lawyer’s family and friends say he was beaten in jail and denied medical treatment. The US law named after him has complicated relations with Moscow.

Several on the list are accused of involvement in Magnitsky’s jailing or a cover-up after his death.

“We will use the tools in the Magnitsky Act and other available legal authorities to ensure that persons responsible for the maltreatment and death of Mr. Magnitsky are barred from travelling to the United States and doing business here,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney.

Democratic Representative James McGovern, one of the sponsors of the Magnitsky Act, called the list “timid” with significant omissions. Not on the list but named by the US law for “wrongdoing” is Ramzan Kadyrov, the Kremlin-backed leader of Russia’s Chechnya region.

Moscow has accused the US of outside interference. But it notes that the list is much smaller than one put forward by US politicians.

“We know that the Congress, especially Congressman McGovern, suggested to have 280 people on the list, and the fact the Obama administration did not go that far, did not accept the suggestion of Mr McGovern, shows that the Obama administration wants to limit the damage which the Magnitsky law and the Magnitsky list are definitely bringing to the relationship with Russia,” said Alexey Pushkov, Chairman of the Duma Foreign Relations Committee .

The publication of the US blacklist comes just days before President Obama’s National Security Adviser Tom Donilon is due in Moscow for talks that Russia says will include American missile defence plans.

Sergei Magnitsky was accused of tax evasion after he had accused police officials of tax offences. Even after his death he was put on trial. It was opened and adjourned in March.