The ac will impose visa bans and asset freezes on Russian human rights offenders.
The Magnitsky Act: Fueling Tension with Russia
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The ac will impose visa bans and asset freezes on Russian human rights offenders.
When President Barack Obama took office in January 2009, U.S.-Russian relations were strained and delicate. Arms control agreements had all but disintegrated and acrimonious conflict had largely displaced cooperation. Indeed several observers, including Mikhail Gorbachev, even went so far as to proclaim the emergence of a new Cold War.