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Russia's response to Magnitsky Act

The U.S. Senate passed the Magnitsky Act, a bill imposing visa sanctions against those Russians who - in the view of the US government - have been involved in human rights violations. Considering it as an 'extremely unfriendly move', Russia vowed to take retaliatory measures.

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Duma retaliates against US with adoption ban, NGO restrictions, blacklist

MOSCOW, December 21 - RAPSI. In retaliation for the US Magnitsky Act, the Russian State Duma adopted the Dima Yakovlev Act in the third reading today, a bill that takes aim at the US by imposing a series of dramatic sanctions.
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