Russian lawmakers denounce EU Parliament's Magnitsky resolution
Russian lawmakers are denouncing a proposal by the European Parliament that all EU member states impose travel and financial restrictions on Russian officials implicated in the death of Sergei Magnitsky, Radio Liberty reported.
On October 24, Leonid Slutsky, a State Duma deputy and the deputy head of the Russian delegation to the European Parliament, called the proposal a "gross interference in Russia's internal affairs."
Aleksei Pushkov, the head of the Duma's International Affairs Committee said it "aims to divide Europe and Russia."
The European Parliament overwhelmingly approved a resolution with the recommendations on October 23.
Magnitsky, a Moscow attorney, was allegedly tortured and beaten to death in custody in 2009 after reportedly uncovering fraud by Russian authorities.
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