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Jackson-Vanik is “Next Big Question In U.S.-Russian Relations”

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Jackson-Vanik is “Next Big Question In U.S.-Russian Relations”

Details: 14 September 2011

On September 13, a panel of prominent American experts convened at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs to discuss the Jackson-Vanik amendment that has been a stumbling block in U.S.-Russian relations for 37 years. According to the expert discussants, the amendment will finally be lifted as a Cold War-era relic upon Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization.

The U.S. Government Puts Russian Officials On A Visa Blacklist

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The U.S. Government Puts Russian Officials On A Visa Blacklist

Details: 08 August 2011

On Friday, August 5, President Obama issued a proclamation that bans anyone who has engaged in human rights abuses abroad from entering the United States. It was another strong measure against the human rights abusers. The first one would be that only last week the U.S. Department of State blacklisted dozens of Russian officials to prevent them from visiting the United States due to their involvement in the detention and death of the Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. Those are some of its sharpest responses to human rights abuses in Russia and the rest of the world so far.

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