Russia reacts with fury after America bans Russian officials accused of human rights abuses from entering the US

Furious Russian politicians accused America of Cold War tactics for passing a law barring any of its officials suspected of human rights abuses from the US.

Tensions between the superpowers were reignited yesterday after US senators passed a new bill that included the Magnitsky Act.

The act is named after Sergei Magnitsky, an anti-corruption lawyer who died in a Russian jail in 2009.

It is claimed Mr Magnitsky had been tortured and was denied hospital treatment prior to his death.

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