Russia Responds To U.S. Magnitsky Act By Placing 18 Americans On Blacklist
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Source: Huffington Post
By JIM HEINTZ 04/13/13 01:05 PM ET EDT AP
MOSCOW — Russia on Saturday banned 18 Americans from entering the country in response to Washington imposing sanctions on 18 Russians for alleged human rights violations.
The list released by the Foreign Ministry includes John Yoo, a former U.S. Justice Department official who wrote legal memos authorizing harsh interrogation techniques; David Addington, the chief of staff for former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney; and two former commanders of the Guantanamo Bay detention center: retired Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller and Adm. Jeffrey Harbeson.
The move came a day after the U.S. announced its sanctions under the Magnitsky Law, named for Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was arrested in 2008 for tax evasion after accusing Russian police officials of stealing $230 million in tax rebates. He died in prison the next year, allegedly after being beaten and denied medical treatment.
The U.S. State Department released a statement Saturday in response to Russia's latest decision. "As we've said many times before, the right response by Russia to the international outcry over Sergey Magnitsky's death would be to conduct a proper investigation and hold those responsible for his death accountable, rather than engage in tit-for-tat retaliation," according to the statement.
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- U.S.State Department: ''Russia shouldn't be interfering into how we're minding their business. Russia just needs to mind its business the way we say they should. Because... who's da Super Power in this scenario, right??
Hooya!! USA!! USA!!''
{BTW - Thanks for the smackdown on Darth Cheney. We never wouldve' had the balls to do something like that!}
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