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On the recordMarch 28, 2017
One of the first decrees that Mr. Putin signed on his inauguration day... was the request of the Foreign Ministry to stop the Magnitsky Act.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham highlights the Kremlin's priority to oppose the Magnitsky Act.

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