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U.S. Congress holds hearings on human rights in Russia
This week the U.S. Congress held hearings on human rights in Russia. The first remarks by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), conducting the hearings, and they were pretty tough. This was not surprising, since long ago she signed a bill named for Sergey L. Magnitsky, a Russian attorney killed in police custody. This bill now has twenty-five senators supporting it in the upper house of the U.S. Congress, and may well be adopted. Further testimony was given Phillip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of European and Eurasian affairs, and Thomas O. Melia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
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The “Magnitsky list” is prepared for a reset
It is being proposed to extend sanctions to all human rights violators.
The US Congress has come close to the adoption of a bill imposing visa and economic sanctions against individuals responsible for human rights violations. The reason for the expedited review of this document is what the US is calling the “unfree and unfair” State Duma election. Experts warn that if the law is adopted, this will be a much greater blow to the “reset” between Moscow and Washington than disagreements on any other issues.
The Subcommittee on European Affairs of the US Foreign Relations Committee has held hearings on the state of human rights in Russia. The reason for the hearings was the State Duma election, which the secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, characterized as “unfree and unfair.” The main topic at the hearings was the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011, introduced in Congress in May by Ben Cardin (D-MD) and John McCain (R–AZ). It imposes visa sanctions and seizure of financial assets of individuals responsible for human rights violations in the RF.
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Senator Cardin: State of Human Rights and Rule of Law in Russia
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State of Human Rights and Rule of Law in Russia
Senator Cardin takes part in a hearing on human rights and the rule of law in Russia. He questions the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Dr. Phil Gordon.
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U.S. Officials Push Jackson-Vanik Repeal, Tiptoe Around Magnitsky Legislation
U.S. State Department officials have urged Congress to repeal the Cold War-era Jackson-Vanik Amendment, trade legislation that has long been used to pressure Russia on human rights issues, arguing that the law is hurting the U.S. economy and that Washington can make its views known in other ways.
In doing so, the officials tiptoed around a proposal that has gained favor in the Senate to punish Russian officials directly for rights abuses and as such, serve as a trade for Congressional repeal of Jackson-Vanik.
The bill, however, which would target officials connected to the death of Russian anticorruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, has been met with hesitation by the administration, as it threatens to damage relations between Washington and Moscow if it becomes law.
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US lawmakers decry Russia vote, warn of blacklist
US lawmakers rebuked Moscow’s leadership Wednesday for “manipulating” recent elections, and urged legislation to blacklist any Russian believed responsible for rights violations from traveling to the United States.
At a US Senate hearing focused on corruption and rule of law in Russia, days after tens of thousands of demonstrators marched charging electoral fraud, State Department officials said they recognized a “national awakening” among Russian citizens calling for accountability of their government.
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Cardin says US must Address Human Rights Violations in Rusia
“If we want to have normal trade relations with Russia – if they want to have normal trade relations with the U.S. — we have a right to expect that they will abide by basic human rights”
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Co-Chairman of the U.S. Helsinki Commission, today strengthened his call for consequences for those in Russia who have trampled on fundamental freedoms and human rights. At a hearing of the European Affairs Subcommittee, Senator Cardin laid out his case for the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act, which he and 25 other senators have sponsored. Not limited to just Russia, the Magnitsky bill would invoke a travel ban against serious violators of human rights, freeze any of their assets held in the U.S. and publish their names — a powerful deterrent for those craving respectability and legitimacy in the West.
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Senate must send signal to Russia
McFaul faces many challenges — and Russian leaders will likely make the job more difficult. Russian officials have recently declared that they may soon aim mid-range missiles at Europe, threatened to close a critical supply line into Afghanistan and blocked U.N. Security Council sanctions of a murderous regime in Syria. These facts only serve to increase the urgency in getting him to Moscow.
Second, once McFaul is confirmed, the Senate can give him new soft power tools that can underscore U.S. support for the Russian people and their calls for freedom and democracy.
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Undermine Putin
Now is the time to undermine Russian strongman Vladimir Putin. With major protests going on in response to the recent fraudulent parliamentary elections, with Mikhail Prokhorov announcing that he is likely to challenge Putin for the presidency in the next election, and with major ferment in Russia, it is the best time to further undermine Putin’s control structure by holding human rights violators accountable. And there are several efforts underway to do just that in Congress.
Consider the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Ac
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Shadows and Light: US Policy Options, Human Rights, and Rule of Law in Russia
“What would your good do if evil didn’t exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared? After all, shadows are cast by things and people.” Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and the Margarita
The Senate Subcommittee on European Affairs will conduct a hearing on Wednesday, December 14, to evaluate “The State of Human Rights and Rule of Law in Russia: Policy Options.”
In light of the Duma elections and in the shadow of Putin’s reaction to US criticism that the elections were “neither free nor fair,” the hearing will focus on the state of human rights and rule of law, evaluate US policy including the “reset,” and look forward at US policy assistance to the Russian people and human rights actors. It will also address the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2011, “a Bill to impose sanctions on persons responsible for the detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, for the conspiracy to defraud the Russian Federation of taxes on corporate profits through fraudulent transactions and lawsuits against Hermitage, and for other gross violations of human rights in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.” The Act was introduced in the 112th Congress by Senator Cardin with bi-partisian cosponsors including Senators McCain, Ayotte, Begich, Blumenthal, Durbin, Johanns, Kirk, Kyl, Leiberman, Rubio, Shaheen, Whitehouse, and Wicker.
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