the problem that it attracted so little comment was that Magnitsky was a lawyer for Mr Brouder who is considered not so trustworthy and prone to manipulation of media in his (not charitable) interests.

Otherwise what Mr Brouder said is worthy to investigate, though I am not fond of sweeping generalizations (like "Russia is essentially criminal state", in the same way one can treat all Israelis as criminals for example because Israel as a state is committing many crimes).