MADRID - A well-known British financier turned anti-Kremlin activist who used to be the boss of late anti-corruption Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, said Wednesday he was detained in Spain at Moscow's request. British financier turned anti-Kremlin activist William Browder shared the news of his arrest in Madrid on Twitter Wednesday"Just was arrested by Spanish police in Madrid on a Russian Interpol arrest warrant. Going to the police station right now," William Browder tweeted. In 2012, the US passed the "Sergei Magnitsky Act" which imposed a visa ban and froze the assets of Russian officials implicated in the lawyer's death. Then earlier this month, British lawmakers backed a measure to impose sanctions against people guilty of human rights violations in memory of Magnitsky.

Source: Bangkok Post May 30, 2018 09:56 UTC