
“President Barack Obama Friday signed legislation that sanctions alleged Russian human rights abuses, which outraged Moscow after being coupled with a bill granting it normal trade relations. Obama signed the measure into law a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the so-called Magnitsky Act, which blacklists Russian officials allegedly implicated in the prison death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. The Russian foreign ministry issued a statement minutes after Obama formally signed the legislation in the Oval Office, saying the move amounted to ‘open meddling’ in its internal affairs and was ‘a blind and dangerous position.'”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/12/14/obama-signs-russian-human-rights-law-angers-putin/
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