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Congress Deserves a Voice on Human Rights in Russia

The death of the young lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in pre-trial detention in a Moscow prison in November 2009 was a horrific crime, with serious implications for the development of the rule of law in post-Soviet Russia. Congress is right to be concerned.

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This article was originally published in The Hill.

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