Amid the pre-election frenzy, one could easily miss the European Parliament’s very tough resolution on Magnitsky. Full text in English. Full text in Russian. The most important part: 3. Expresses serious concern over the case of Sergei Magnitsky, as it demonstrates the failure to punish those responsible for his death, while recognizing that he is only one of many people who fought for freedom, democracy, and the rule of law in Russia and died in the course of that mission; 4. Notes that more than a year has passed since the European Parliament called on the Council to “insist that the Russian authorities bring those responsible to justice and consider imposing an entry ban into the EU,” and also called on “EU law enforcement agencies to cooperate in freezing bank accounts and other assets of Russian officials in all EU member states”; 5. Welcomes the decisions of the U.S. State Department, the UK Foreign Office, and the Dutch parliament, which, in response to the inaction of the Russian authorities, approved in 2011 the introduction of visa sanctions against around 60 Russian officials implicated in the death of Sergei Magnitsky; ** 6. Calls on EU member states to immediately begin procedures for introducing measures across the entire European Union, including entry bans and the freezing of financial assets of those implicated in the torture and death of Sergei Magnitsky, as well as in the cover-up of this case; **7. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the President of the European Parliament, the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the delegations of the State Duma and the Federation Council to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee. The decision is entirely pro-Russian: it protects us from bandits who kill our citizens, stealmoney from the budget and move it abroad.