In June 2012, the House Foreign Affairs Committee passed the bill as the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (H.R. 4405).[5] The main intention of the law was to punish Russian officials who were thought to be responsible for the death of Sergei Magnitsky by prohibiting their entrance to the United States and use of their banking system.[1] The legislation was to be taken up by a Senate panel the next week and was cited in a broader review of the mounting tensions in the international relationship.[6][7] The bill was sponsored by Senator Ben Cardin.
In November 2012, provisions of the Magnitsky bill were attached to a House bill (H.R. 6156) normalizing trade with Russia (i.e. repealing Jackson–Vanik amendment) and Moldova.[8] On 6 December 2012 U.S. Senate passed the House version of the law.[1] The law was signed by President Barack Obama on December 14, 2012.[9][10][11][12]
Why on Earth are we that invested in the internal politics of Russia? Congress and the President have nothing to say about Gosnell but we’re upset somebody in Russia was killed by other government officials? I suspect that happens a lot. Recently, some Russian official had another official kidnapped and tortured because of some missing public funding. The Russians actually found and arrested the culprit. Let them deal with this.
Is that how 0bummer is improving our international relations?
It doesn’t sound like the worst thing government has ever done ...