United States help Russian embassy to investigate adoption caseThe U.S. Department of State is assisting the Russian Embassy in Washington with working together with Virginia's authorities, who recently charged Matthew and Amy Sweeney with abusing their adopted Russian child.12:07 02.08.2012
House postpones Jackson-Vanik and Magnitsky bills until NovemberThe U.S. House of Representatives does not have enough time to consider the bills to withdraw the Jackson-Vanik amendment and to adopt the Magnitsky list before the presidential and congressional elections in November, said Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI).11:36 02.08.2012
U.S. House of Representatives committee supports Jackson-Vanik withdrawalThe House Committee on Ways and Means supported an act during its meeting on Thursday repealing the Jackson-Vanik amendment, which restricts US-Russian trade, thereby establishing normal trade relations with Russia.12:20 27.07.2012
New Russian laws curb freedom of the press, says U.S.The US State Department believes that freedom of the press in Russia has been curbed following the State Duma's adoption of laws dealing with unlawful content on the Internet and NGOs financed from abroad.10:29 26.07.2012
NGO law tailored to browbeat human rights activists - U.S. State DepartmentThe United States believes that the new Russian law on non-profit organizations is intended to intimidate and persecute human rights and civil society activists.10:17 25.07.2012
US liberalizes trade with Russia, but shuns allegedly corrupt officialsThe U.S. Senate Committee on Finance has approved a joint bill on withdrawing the Jackson-Vanik amendment, granting Russia normal treatment in trade, while also maintaining the Magnitsky bill provisions.11:42 19.07.2012
Russian senators fail to sway McCain's attitude on Magnitsky caseU.S. Senator John McCain will not change his attitude to the Magnitsky case despite his warm reception of the Russian senators who came to the United States to present the case documents.10:54 17.07.2012
Federation Council report won't affect Magnitsky blacklist billThe Federation Council's report on Magnitsky's case has not convinced the U.S. to cancel the adoption of Magnitsky's list. On Wednesday, a group of Federation Council members submitted a report to U.S. senators, congressmen and representatives of the state department which contained the preliminary Russian parliamentary investigation material.11:35 13.07.2012
Parliamentary investigation says Magnitsky's arrest and detention were lawfulThe arrest of Hermitage Capital auditor Sergei Magnitsky and the decision to hold him in custody were lawful; however the circumstances surrounding his death and the reasons for which he was denied medical aid must be scrupulously investigated, according to a report on a preliminary parliamentary investigation presented in Washington by a group of Federation Council members.10:51 12.07.2012
U.S. Senate to discuss Magnitsky blacklistThe U.S. Senate's Committee on Foreign Relations may discuss in April a draft law aimed to ban some Russian officials from entering the United States, the committee’s chairman John Kerry said.11:14 28.03.2012