The Magnitski list as a wake-up call

  • 2013-02-06
  • By Leonidas Donskis
The Magnitski list becomes much more than merely a benign and disconnected political fantasy. After the United States Congress adopted this law, with its clear legal and political implications, Russia retaliated by prohibiting American citizens from adopting Russian orphans – a mean, regrettable, and ugly move from Russia’s side with a total confusion of political and humanitarian agendas. Now it is a decisive time for the EU to take a stand.That Sergei Magnitski posthumously became a litmus test of our political sensibilities and moral commitments is obvious. A brave an...
 
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