A top official in the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service has admitted that the prison system is partially to blame for the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was held for a year without charge and allegedly denied medical treatment.
Andrei Makarov's announcement has caused a commotion. Back in the day he was a reactionary lawyer who brilliantly defended members of the State Committee on the State of Emergency, and then became a progressive politician of Boris Yeltsin's stature. He
Seamen and sergeants, warrants, officers and generals! Dear veterans of Marine! I tender my congratulations on Marine Day. Congratulatory speech of Russian Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky.
