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  • Kasparov will be in Ottawa this week (Not chess related)

    On page A3 of the Globe and Mail today.

    He will be lobbying the Canadian government to "adopt a so-called Magnitsky law, which would allow sanctions against Russian officials who committed human-rights abuses in the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, and potentially other officials."

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    The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes and the efforts to silence the film

    Andrei Nekrasov has completely debunked the fabrications about Magnitsky being a whistle-blower. Yes, there's plenty of corruption in Russia, then and now(just as in plenty of other countries), but in this case it's just politically motivated nonsense.

    When Nekrasov tried to have his film shown, the former oligarch Browder tried to have him silenced. See, for example, the NYTimes.

    background ...

    Magnitsky worked as an accountant for US-British investor William F. Browder, who made millions in Russia during the 1990s, but was later accused of tax evasion and fled the country. The lawyer was detained by the Russian police as part of a separate fraud investigation and died in police custody in November 2009.

    Browder claimed that Magnitsky had been investigating corrupt police officers and was thrown into jail and murdered by them. He declared a crusade against what he called endemic corruption in the Russian government and lobbied across Europe and the US for punishment of the individuals whom he accused of involvement in Magnitsky’s death.

    In 2012 the US passed an act named after the Russian lawyer, which imposed sanctions against 40 Russian citizens – a move that Moscow saw as blatantly anti-Russian, and apparently retaliated against by banning the adoption of Russian orphans by US citizens.
    and the film ...

    The director believes that the narrative of Magnitsky as the brave whistleblower killed by corrupt Russian cops, as it was accepted in the West, is a scam by Browder, who capitalized on the lawyer’s death to shield himself from all past and future accusations from Russian law enforcement, which he could claim to be politically motivated.

    "I believe Magnitsky died," Nekrasov told journalists in response to a question on whether he believed the lawyer was killed or died. "Questions remain, but the fact that he was not killed, as Mr Browder says, by the same people who investigated his case and had a 'motive' to make him silent as a whistleblower – this is totally certain."

    “The story of Magnitsky turned out to be made-up,” Nekrasov told journalists as he commented on revelations he made during the making of his film. “I saw facts that do not add up, that prove that the story of Magnitsky was faked by Browder,” he added.
    Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.

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    • #3
      Re: The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes and the efforts to silence the film

      Short interview:
      as transcript: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/...87888#segment3
      video: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trum...arov-1.3886513

      There are several pictures on Garry's twitter about his stay in Ottawa. Though, I don't recognize others as chess players :)

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      • #4
        Re: The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes and the efforts to silence the film

        Originally posted by Nigel Hanrahan View Post
        Andrei Nekrasov has completely debunked the fabrications about Magnitsky being a whistle-blower. Yes, there's plenty of corruption in Russia, then and now(just as in plenty of other countries), but in this case it's just politically motivated nonsense.

        When Nekrasov tried to have his film shown, the former oligarch Browder tried to have him silenced. See, for example, the NYTimes.

        background ...



        and the film ...

        And so says Putin's ass kissing sycophant and former political candidate for the Communiat party of Canada.

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        • #5
          before it goes down the memory hole ...

          The US government has as much admitted that their claims about Magnitsky being murdered were simply politically motivated fabrications.

          Reuters: U.S. settles Russian money laundering case

          After accusing Russian officials of the $230 million tax fraud, he was arrested on tax evasion charges and died in prison a year later, prosecutors said.

          The Kremlin's human rights council found that Magnitsky likely died from a beating delivered by guards and medical neglect. Russian authorities have said Magnitsky death was caused by heart failure, not foul play.

          In 2012, at the urging of Magnitsky's former employer, Hermitage Capital CEO William Browder, Washington passed a law freezing any U.S. assets of Russian investigators and prosecutors said to have been involved in the accountant's detention. In retaliation, Moscow barred Americans from adopting Russian children.

          In the settlement agreement, prosecutors stated that none of the defendants had a role in the death of Magnitsky.
          I wonder if the Treasury Department fabrications against the FIDE President can be far behind?
          Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.

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          • #6
            Putin's Ass Kissing Sycophant

            Originally posted by Nigel Hanrahan
            In the settlement agreement, prosecutors stated that none of the defendants had a role in the death of Magnitsky.
            The prosecution never accused the defendants in having a direct role in Magnitsky's death in the first place. They were however, the partial beneficiaries of Russian state sponsored plunder. Magnitsky happened to the unfortunate lawyer that had exposed it.

            Originally posted by Putin's Ass Kissing Sycophant
            I wonder if the Treasury Department fabrications against the FIDE President can be far behind?
            Wow, you have proof that Kirsan's crimes are a "fabrication"? You should contact him as soon as possible! I am sure he will send you a free plane ticket to Russia. Hopefully a one way ticket. Don't let the door slam in your ass on the way out!
            Last edited by Sid Belzberg; Sunday, 14th May, 2017, 10:20 AM.

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            • #7
              The European Court of Human Rights has exposed the Magnitsky Myth and left a smouldering crater. Good luck to all the foaming Russophobes.

              The judgement says ...

              "The applicants argued that Mr Magnitskiy’s arrest had not been based on a reasonable suspicion of a crime and that the authorities had lacked impartiality as they had actually wanted to force him to retract his allegations of corruption by State officials. The Government argued that there had been ample evidence of tax evasion and that Mr Magnitskiy had been a flight risk.

              The Court reiterated the general principles on arbitrary detention, which could arise if the authorities had complied with the letter of the law but had acted with bad faith or deception. It found no such elements in this case: the enquiry into alleged tax evasion which had led to Mr Magnitskiy’s arrest had begun long before he had complained of fraud by officials. The decision to arrest him had only been made after investigators had learned that he had previously applied for a UK visa, had booked tickets to Kyiv, and had not been residing at his registered address.

              Furthermore, the evidence against him, including witness testimony, had been enough to satisfy an objective observer that he might have committed the offence in question. The list of reasons given by the domestic court to justify his subsequent detention had been specific and sufficiently detailed.

              The Court thus rejected the applicants’ complaint about Mr Magnitskiy’s arrest and subsequent detention as being manifestly ill-founded. "
              The crickets in Western media on this issue is very telling. Craig Murray, the author of the piece noted below, is offering a bottle of very good quality plonk - Lagavulin - to anyone "who can find me an honest and fair MSM report of this judgement reflecting that the whole story was built on lies".

              Wow. Talk about hoofing your rivals in the backside. That is one swift kick in the butt.

              Round up the usual suspects!! lololol.

              See Craig Murray ... https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archi...myth-exploded/
              Last edited by Nigel Hanrahan; Friday, 11th October, 2019, 11:23 PM. Reason: cosmetic improvements
              Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.

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              • #8
                Where is that topic of chess?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Ken MacDonald View Post
                  Where is that topic of chess?
                  You should address that to the person who started the thread. I'm just adding important details to a chess-related story that is in danger of disappearing down the rabbit hole.
                  Dogs will bark, but the caravan of chess moves on.

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