Washington (CNN) -- A day after the United States published a blacklist of alleged Russian human rights abusers, whom Washington slapped with personal sanctions, the Kremlin answered with a list of its own. It slaps alleged American rights violators with similar sanctions, official Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported Saturday. The U.S. list is part of a December 2012 law, the Magnitsky Act, which imposes visa bans and freezes assets of Russian officials believed to be connected to the death of whistleblower Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who uncovered the country's largest known tax fraud. U.S. releases blacklist tied to alleged Russia rights abuses
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Russia answers a U.S. human rights law with revenge sanctions on 18 Americans
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The U.S. law already drew an angry response when signed into law in December
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Friday, Washington published a list of alleged Russian human rights abusers
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Russia's blacklist includes members of a New York district court and FBI and a DEA agent
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