Medvedev orders probe of lawyer’s prison death (AFP)

November 28th, 2009

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during a meeting outside Moscow in Barvikha. Medvedev has ordered a probe of the death in prison of Sergei Magnitsky, a lawyer who represented investment firm Hermitage Capital Management's involvement in a tax investigation, Russian news agencies said.(AFP/RIA/Vladimir Rodionov)AFP – President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a probe into the prison death of a lawyer arrested in a high-profile tax case, the Kremlin said Tuesday, following allegations of “mediaeval” prison treatment in Russia.

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