Ben Cardin: “I just really want to underscore the importance for the U.S. Embassy to be a refuge for the human rights defenders…”

Thank you very much for holding this hearing on the implementation of Global Magnitsky sanctions.

If we are going to carry this as a value on the international stage, that the United States stands up for human rights and certain values and the rule of law, is it not important that we be willing to apply these sanctions to accomplish…

If Putin is so mad about this, probably there will be some other dictators that would not like it as well

You have found the Achilles hill of the Putin regime. They rape, torture and kill with impunity and keep their ill-gotten gains in the West.