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Old 07-08-2017, 07:08 PM  
Bladewire
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The Daily Mail has more info in their article.

So again, the Russians wanting sanctions removed, this time dealing with a separate sector.

"The wife of a former deputy transportation minister, Veselnitskaya is best known for her public attacks on American sanctions legislation aimed at Russian human rights abusers

The Magnitsky Act imposed visa bans and asset freezes on Russian officials linked to the 2009 death in prison of Sergei Magnitsky, a 37-year-old Russian whistleblower.

Russia has demanded that the US repeal the legislation since its passage in 2012.

President Vladimir Putin was so enraged by the law that he halted American adoptions of Russian children as retaliation."

Trump aides met with Russian lawyer linked to Kremlin | Daily Mail Online
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