Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on...
But we must preserve the core of the ministry"s staff, those who are capable of responsible work," Medvedev said.The president, who recently dismissed a number of regional penitentiary officials, also demanded order in the system which he said had "substantial drawbacks."
British hedge fund Hermitage lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was awaiting trial on tax evasion charges, died in November after 11 months behind bars in Moscow.
Medvedev fired Major General Anatoly Mikhalkin, head of the tax crimes department in the Interior Ministry"s Moscow branch, on suspicion of his being responsible for Magnitsky"s death, and ordered a probe into the incident. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin called it a "tragedy."
The Russian leader also denounced the passage of any unjust court rulings across Russia as evil that should be combated.
The president ordered that any judicial official who passes sentences under pressure be held responsible "to the law and
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