US senator Lindsey Graham proposed a boycott for the Russian Olympic Games of Sochi for hiding ex-agent of the CIA Edward Snowden, Gazeta.ru reports.
Senator John McCain proposed expansion of the Magnitsky list and expansion of the anti-missile system in the Eastern Europe instead.
Robert Menendez, head of the senate committee for international affairs, called the situation a disrespect of the US, because Snowden had caused a threat to national security. He proposed the boycott of the Olympic Games to be postponed until Russia gives a clear decision about the asylum.
Senator Ben Cardin, one of the authors of the Magnitsky Act, said that the US will respond to the process. Senator Bob Corker urged the senate to avoid escalating the situation.
