Lawyer Nikolai Gorokhov representing the interests of the mother of Sergei Magnitsky and wanted the head of Hermitage Capital of William Browder, fell from the fifth floor in the New Moscow. According to lawyers of Hermitage Capital, Gorokhov is now in the Botkin hospital in a critical condition. This was reported by “Novaya Gazeta”.
According to the representative of Hermitage Capital, the incident occurred in the house Gorokhov in Moscow at the moment together with the workers he was trying to lift the tub on the loft (height of the 5th floor). At some point I could not stand the winch, and the peas fell down. No workers were injured. The time of the fall native Gorokhova seen.
“Of course, anything can happen. And an accident, and something else… we Have a lot of questions about the incident that we can’t get answers. The winch is designed for a very large weight of several tons, much more than the tub itself. Why this winch is broken — is unclear. And as the fell Nicholas — also a question.”
Law said that the last time Nikolay Gorokhov as a representative of the interests of Natalia Magnitsky was engaged in many processes, where they tried to prosecute as the perpetrators of her son’s death, and those officials who carried out the posthumous prosecution of Magnitsky and slowed down the case of his death. In particular, Gorokhov appealed against actions of investigators of SD of MIA of the Russian Federation O. V. Urzhumtsev, R. A. Filippova, P. I. Tambovtseva and V. A. Radchenkov.
Sergei Magnitsky, an employee of investment Fund Hermitage Capital died 16 November 2009 in a remand prison in Moscow at the age of 37 from heart problems. Russian human rights activists claim that the authorities deliberately ignored the poor state of his health, to silence.
In the United States in 2012 approved the Magnitsky Act. According to him, was imposed visa restrictions and zamorazhivaniem assets for human rights violators in Russia.
