A documentary by Andrei Nekrasov, The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes (2016), according to The Daily Beast, "absolves the Russian government of any responsibility for Magnitsky's death" and claims that Browder was behind the $230-million tax-rebate fraud.
Several of the key figures interviewed in the movie have declared it mendacious.
The Washington Post described it as  part of "a campaign to discredit Mr. Browder and the Magnitsky Act".

Some European theater screenings and a television broadcast of the film were canceled after threats of libel suits from Browder.
Over Browder's objections, the Newseum in Washington, D.C. held a screening in June 2016 hosted by Seymour Hersh.
 Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)'s office actively promoted the screening, sending out invitations from the office of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, which Rohrabacher chairs; he was described by The Daily Beast as "a long-standing Russia ally".
The Washington Post commented in an editorial: "The film is a piece of agitprop that mixes fact and fiction to blame Magnitsky for the fraud and absolve Russians of blame for his death."

In the summer of 2017, Bill Browder told the United States Senate Judiciary Committee that the individuals involved with arranging the one-time showing of the film should be charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
A documentary by Andrei Nekrasov, The Magnitsky Act – Behind the Scenes (2016), according to The Daily Beast, "absolves the Russian government of any responsibility for Magnitsky's death" and claims that Browder was behind the $230-million tax-rebate fraud. Several of the key figures interviewed in the movie have declared it mendacious. The Washington Post described it as  part of "a campaign to discredit Mr. Browder and the Magnitsky Act".
Some European theater screenings and a television broadcast of the film were canceled after threats of libel suits from Browder. Over Browder's objections, the Newseum in Washington, D.C. held a screening in June 2016 hosted by Seymour Hersh.  Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA)'s office actively promoted the screening, sending out invitations from the office of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, which Rohrabacher chairs; he was described by The Daily Beast as "a long-standing Russia ally". The Washington Post commented in an editorial: "The film is a piece of agitprop that mixes fact and fiction to blame Magnitsky for the fraud and absolve Russians of blame for his death."
In the summer of 2017, Bill Browder told the United States Senate Judiciary Committee that the individuals involved with arranging the one-time showing of the film should be charged with violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
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