A Russian opposition leader has stated that many more officials in Vladimir Putin’s government is responsible for human rights violations in the country.
A Russian opposition figure is urging US authorities to impose sanctions against a greater number of top Russian government officials in order to defend human rights and democracy in his country.
Speaking at a hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday, Vladimir Kara-Murza, national coordinator at the Open Russia foundation, suggested that more senior officials should be put on the so-called Magnitsky list, a 2012 law named after the late Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky.
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Source: The Indian Express
