Investigator in Magnitsky case arrested for taking bribe

An investigator in the case of campaigning lawyer Sergei Magnitsky has been arrested for demanding a $3 million bribe to drop charges in an unrelated customs fraud case. Maj. Nelly Dmitriyeva accepted part of the pay-off through a third party in August, a spokesman for the Investigative Committee of the Prosecutor-General’s Office told reporters on […]