Der Fall Magnitski in der Schweiz: Die Wahrheit ans Licht gebracht

The article is a bit messy and overly long, unfortunately.

So here’s a very condensed summary:

### Magnitsky Case in Switzerland

#### Background
– **Sergei Magnitsky**: Russian lawyer who exposed a $230 million tax fraud and died in a Russian prison in 2009.
– **Bill Browder**: Magnitsky’s employer, led global campaigns for justice.

#### Swiss Investigation
– **2011**: Swiss authorities began investigating, freezing CHF 18 million linked to the fraud.
– **2020**: OAG unfroze CHF 14 million, citing insufficient evidence.

#### Corruption Allegations
– **Michael Lauber**: Former Swiss attorney-general, had close ties with Russian officials, involving lavish dinners, hunting trips, and private jets paid by Russians. Left his post in 2020 after impeachment proceedings due to improper secret interviews in the FIFA corruption case.
– **Renaud Lamon**: Lauber’s appointee, continued the investigation until March 2021. Known to have ties with Russian authorities.
– **Diane Kohler**: Took over in 2021 and closed the case four months later.

#### Additional Scandals
– **Victor Schnell**: A Swiss investigator, was found to have benefited from connections with Russian officials, including financed hunting trips by oligarchs during his trial in 2019.

#### International Reaction
– **Global Criticism**: Other countries took stronger actions against those involved, criticizing Swiss handling of the case.