WASHINGTON - A Russian opposition figure is urging U.S. authorities to impose sanctions against a greater number of top Russian government officials in order to defend human rights and democracy in his country. Speaking at a hearing at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Vladimir Kara-Murza, national coordinator at the Open Russia foundation, suggested that more senior officials should be put on the so-called Magnitsky list, a 2012 law named after the late Russian whistleblower Sergei Magnitsky.
Associated Press: Russia opposition figure asks US to expand sanctions list
(Archive photo) Vladimir Kara-Murza (L), senior policy adviser at the Institute of Modern Russia, talks, as Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov (R) listens during a news conference on \"Corruption and Abuse in Sochi Olympics\" January 30, 2014 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.
