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A measure of the effectiveness of the Magnitsky Act is the opprobrium it has met from the Putin dictatorship.

If Vlad the III, Tsar of All The Russias, is squealing this loud, you know it's having the desired effect.

When a respected honest-broker like Canada makes a statement like passing a Magnitsky Act, it sends a strong, truthful message to the rest of the world.

That is why Putin is apoplectic about it.