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Ben Cardin: “The Magnitsky Act holds such abusers to account in ways that beleaguered Russian institutions cannot.”

On the recordJune 29, 2016
The Magnitsky Act holds such abusers to account in ways that beleaguered Russian institutions cannot.
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Ben Cardin
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cardin emphasizes the accountability provided by the Magnitsky Act against Russian human rights abusers.

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