Deputy Minister in Magnitsky Case Fired

President Dmitry Medvedev has fired Alexei Anichin, a deputy interior minister linked to the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. The Kremlin provided no reason in a statement announcing the dismissal Saturday. The European Parliament on Dec. 16 urged the European Union to consider a visa ban on 60 Russian officials including Anichin, linked by Magnitsky’s supporters to his death in a Moscow prison in November 2009. Anchin was also […]