Q&A: The Magnitsky affair
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Sergei Magnitsky died in custody in November 2009
The Magnitsky affair has soured relations between Moscow and Washington, casting a spotlight on corruption in Russia.
It led to US sanctions on a group of Russian officials, retaliation by Russia and the bizarre spectacle of a dead man being put on trial.
That man, the late lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, was found guilty of tax fraud by a Moscow court on 11 July 2013, as was his former boss, US-born investment fund manager Bill Browder. Mr Magnitsky died in prison in 2009 - allegedly after beatings - but Russia dropped an investigation into his death.
- 11 March 2013
- 7 December 2012
- 28 November 2012