Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 27 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Discussion

4:00 pm

Photo of Seán CroweSeán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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How many officials are involved? Mr. Browder mentioned an attempt has been made to freeze assets. How successful has that been? Mr. Browder also mentioned forensic research and said that the only avenue open to him was to publicly name and shame those involved. We are all aware of the show trials in Russia a number of years ago but trial of a dead man seems bizarre.

Mr. Browder mentioned the countries who have passed resolutions and the reaction in Russia in terms of enacting legislation preventing US adoptions, imports of pork and so on. Have other countries responded similarly, including the UK, Holland and so on?