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U.S. Weighing Use of Magnitsky Act to Penalize Russia
By Colby Adams
printThe Obama administration is "actively" considering designating Russians linked to the invasion of Ukraine under a 2012 human rights law, according to a U.S. State Department official. In a hearing, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Eric Rubin told members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Thursday that the White House may respond to Russia's incursion into Crimea by adding names to a blacklist of Russian human rights abusers subject to travel bans, commercial prohibitions and asset freezes under the Magnitsky Act. Potential designations under the law, which was named for a Moscow attorney who died in Russian custody after accusing...
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