Russian Retaliation

2012-12-27

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This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Congress recently normalized trade relations with Russia, but established a sanction against Russians associated with egregious human rights violations. The provision is known as the Magnitsky Amendment after a lawyer in Moscow who was imprisoned, tortured and murdered for defending the rights of individuals seen as enemies of Vladimir Putin’s increasingly despotic regime. How has that regime responded? By punishing Russian c...

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute.

Congress recently normalized trade relations with Russia, but established a sanction against Russians associated with egregious human rights violations. The provision is known as the Magnitsky Amendment after a lawyer in Moscow who was imprisoned, tortured and murdered for defending the rights of individuals seen as enemies of Vladimir Putin’s increasingly despotic regime.

How has that regime responded? By punishing Russian children. Yes, that’s right: the thuggish president and his puppets in parliament have cooked up retaliatory legislation that precludes Americans from adopting Russian orphans. Untold numbers of these children are suffering in institutions where they lack nurturing care and sometimes even the bare necessities.

With this retaliation against its own kids, the Russian government has once again revealed its true colors – and the futility of President Obama’s one-way effort to “reset” bilateral relations.

This is Frank Gaffney with the Secure Freedom Minute. Learn more at SecureFreedomRadio.com.

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