Russia blacklists four more U.S. citizens in retaliatory move

Russia said on Thursday it had barred four more U.S. citizens from its territory in retaliation for Washington’s decision to expand the number of Russians blacklisted over suspected human rights abuses.

Last month, the United States added four names to the so-called Magnitsky list, named after lawyer Sergei Magnitsky who died in a Russian jail in 2009 after uncovering tax fraud allegedly involving Russian officials. The list is meant to punish Russian human rights violators by barring their entry to the United States and freezing their assets there.
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