"The court ruled to satisfy the request of the investigator and to choose a measure of restraint in the form of detention," judge Alexei Krivoruchko said.
According to the case file, Browder was charged in absentia for organizing a criminal group. The investigators announced his inclusion in the international wanted list.
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In turn, Browder’s lawyer Alexander Antipov said that he would definitely appeal this ruling.
In 2013, Russia sentenced Browder in absentia to nine years in prison for tax evasion. The court also ruled that Sergei Magnitsky, a tax and legal consultant for Hermitage Capital Management, who died in custody in Moscow in 2010, developed and implemented a tax evasion scheme while working for the businessman. Browder refuted the accusations, saying that he became a victim of a corruption scheme himself.
In February 2017, a Moscow court ruled to arrest Browder and his business partner Ivan Cherkasov, both charged with 4.2 billion rubles ($72.9 million) in unpaid taxes, in absentia.
