Center for Security Studies

Russia’s Reaction to the Magnitsky Act and Relations With the West

Russia’s Reaction to the Magnitsky Act and Relations With the West

Author(s): Ben Aris
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Aglaya Snetkov, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 120
Pages: 2-5
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2012

The reaction of the US and EU to the death of Sergei Magnitsky by issuing travel bans to 60 Russian officials, and the Magnitsky Act in the US, has become an issue of contention in Russian-Western relations. The Kremlin views the Magnitsky Act as a politically-motivated attempt to interfere in Russian domestic affairs. At the same time, in spite of some mild reforms during the Medvedev Presidency, the Magnitsky case has not had a big impact on either Russian domestic governance or political debate.

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