Russia Slams Attempts to Link Jackson-Vanik with Magnitsky Case

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov strongly rejected on Thursday attempts by some U.S. lawmakers to link the repeal of the Soviet-era Jackson-Vanik amendment hampering Russian-U.S. trade with the adoption of new “anti-Russian laws” related to the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. “Attempts to replace an anti-Soviet amendment with anti-Russian laws are categorically unacceptable for […]