On the recordDecember 5, 2024
If Putin is so mad about this, probably there will be some other dictators that would not like it as well
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Benjamin L. Cardin
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congress.govIf Putin is so mad about this, probably there will be some other dictators that would not like it as well
Cardin noted that Putin's anger led to the Global Magnitsky Act targeting other dictators.
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