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Fri 11 Nov 2009Russian prison service admits part guilt for death of jailed lawyer
MOSCOW – Russia’s prison service has admitted it was partly guilty for the death of a jailed lawyer whose supporters say he was an innocent victim in a legal battle between officials and a leading investment fund.
Sergei Magnitsky (37), a lawyer for Hermitage Capital Management, once Russia’s biggest equity fund, died on November 16th in the hospital of a Moscow prison from what prosecutors said was heart failure. His family blamed Russia’s notorious prison system for denying the father of two proper medical treatment.
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