The discussion of the “Magnitsky law” in the US Senate is an attempt
to influence Russian investigative and judicial institutions, the
speaker of the Federation Council, Valentina Matvienko, said at a
meeting with the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, RIA Novosti
reports.
On Tuesday, the law about visa sanctions for the Russian bureaucrats
allegedly connected to the death in prison of the lawyer Sergei
Magnitsky in 2009 was approved by the international committee of the
US Senate.
“We would understand if it was some universal law that would forbid
the entrance to the US of state employees and bureaucrats that
violate human rights. But it is obvious that the situation with
democratic development is not that bad in Russia,” Matvienko added.
According to Matvienko, Clinton promised to try to remove this amendment.
