The law is named for Serge Magnitsky, a lawyer and accountant who was allegedly starved and murdered on the 357th day of a 365-day sentence while in a Russian prison. His employer, [[Bill Browder]], is the grandson of [[Stalinist]] operative [[Earl Browder]]. Bill Browder renounced his U.S. citizenship in 1998 to avoid paying U.S. taxes and became a [[UK]] citizen. | The law is named for Serge Magnitsky, a lawyer and accountant who was allegedly starved and murdered on the 357th day of a 365-day sentence while in a Russian prison. His employer, [[Bill Browder]], is the grandson of [[Stalinist]] operative [[Earl Browder]]. Bill Browder renounced his U.S. citizenship in 1998 to avoid paying U.S. taxes and became a [[UK]] citizen. |