Russian investigators' findings that Moscow lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in jail because he did not receive adequate medical care match those of the president's human rights council, its head said on Monday.
Mikhail Fedotov, head of Presidential Council on Civil Society and Human Rights, said his organization's report includes conclusions about the personal responsibility of a number of officials.
"Back in 2010, the Public Oversight Commission of Moscow issued a conclusion that is now fully confirmed by the results of forensic examinations carried out on behalf of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation," Fedotov said. "That conclusion...is one of the components of the interim report that will be presented to the president on July 5."
Magnitsky was working for the Hermitage Capital investment fund when he was arrested as part of an embezzlement and tax evasion investigation. He died of heart failure aged 37 in a notorious Moscow pretrial detention facility.
Russian investigators said on Monday that Magnitsky died because he did not receive medical assistance in a timely fashion.
"The experts identified deficiencies in the medical care given to Magnitsky during his detention, which have prevented timely diagnosis of his chronic illness," Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said in announcing the results of the investigation. "In this regard, he was not provided with timely and appropriate treatment."
"In addition, no adequate treatment was provided on the evening of November 16, 2009," Markin said, referring to the night on which Magnitsky died.
Magnitsky's lawyer Yelena Oreshnikova said that fact that the cause of the death had been established was a "positive element" in the investigation.
Those responsible for the death will be prosecuted in the near future, Markin said.
The names of those involved have not yet been revealed, and Fedotov said his committee could not indentify anyone implicated in its report until it had been read by the president.
Magnitsky's death came at a time when a series of scandals severely damaged public perception of Russia's law enforcement agencies and sparked criticism at home and abroad.
