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Anonymous ID: 9e85c7 July 16, 2018, 9:17 a.m. No.2174923   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4947 >>4965

Putin just:

1) Alleged Browder's associates donated $400M in ill-gotten $$ from Russia to Clinton's campaign.

2) Suggested Soros is working against US interests.

3) Said he didn't know Trump was in Moscow in 2013.

COMFY

Anonymous ID: 9e85c7 July 16, 2018, 9:21 a.m. No.2174968   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4987

The Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act came into being through the actions of Bill Browder, the CEO of Hermitage Capital Management. Hermitage Capital was formed in 1996 for the express purpose of investing in Russia. The firm benefited from the wave of privatization that occurred, ultimately becoming one of the largest foreign investors in Russia. For more background on Bill Browder and Hermitage see here and here.

 

In 2005, Browder was blacklisted by the Russian government. Browder was expelled from Russia by Putin – his Visa cancelled. This apparently occurred because Hermitage was supporting minority shareholder rights and interfering with flows of cash to corrupt officials. In 2007, Russian police seized computers and documents from Hermitage offices.

 

Browder hired a Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, to help him determine what was actually occurring. Magnitsky uncovered the misappropriation of $230 million in taxes paid by Hermitage Russian companies. For his efforts, Sergei Magnitsky was jailed by the Russian government in late 2008. Magnitsky would die in jail almost exactly one year later – of beatings suffered at the hands of prison guards.

 

Browder petitioned Senators John McCain and Benjamin Cardin in 2010 – his actions ultimately resulting in passage of the Magnitsky Act. In essence, the Magnitsky Act denies Visas and freezes the assets of corrupt Russian officials who are involved in human rights abuses. It has proven to be a real problem for Russian officials – including Vladimir Putin. The Russian government would dearly love to see the Magnitsky Act repealed.

 

As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton opposed passage of the Magnitsky Act – a position coinciding with Bill Clinton being paid $500,000 for a Moscow speech on June 29, 2010. While the Magnitsky bill was being formulated, her State Department was asked by lawmakers to deny visas to the Russian officials who were implicated in the Magnitsky matter. Clinton’s State Department denied the request.

 

The Russian officials who paid for Bill Clinton’s Moscow speech would have been barred from entering the U.S. if Clinton’s State Department had not denied the request.

 

On December 6, 2012, the Magnitsky Act was passed by the Senate.

 

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