In response to the Magnitsky Act Russia will take similar, reciprocative actions, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. And according to the head of the Duma's International Affairs Committee, lawmakers have already discussed such options.
On the legislative front, Russia has two options through which to respond, Aleksey Pushkov told RT.
Narrow response
“The first is to introduce amendments to already existing legislature regarding entering and exiting the Russian Federation,” he said, adding that such amendments could be adopted fairly quickly because they have already been drafted by all factions of the parliament in June of last year.
The amendments declare that any US citizens who, “according to our judgment are guilty of inflicting both moral or material damage to Russian citizens abroad – but first of all in the US – can be denied entry into the Russian Federation, and their accounts could be frozen in Russia,” Pushkov explained.
An embargo could also be placed on any of their businesses or investments in Russia, he added.
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