Svetlana Ukhnalyova, 40, was a judge in Moscow's Tverskoi district court during the period in question. She approved of Magnitsky's nearly yearlong detention without trial, citing the possibility that he could otherwise flee the country, despite the fact that authorities had confiscated his passport. Ukhnalyova repeatedly denied Magnitsky's complaints about violations of his human and legal rights during his time in detention.
