Putin: had there been no Magnitsky, the U.S. would have still found pretext to show who is real master

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Putin: had there been no Magnitsky, the U.S. would have still found pretext to show who is real master

MOSCOW. Dec 20 (Interfax) - President Vladimir Putin believes that U.S. lawmakers would have cooked up some other anti-Russian act to show who is the master of the house, even if there had been no Magnitsky case.

"This is how we see it: American lawmakers sort of showed everyone who is the real master of the house so that we don't get relaxed. Had there been no Magnitsky, they would have found another pretext. This saddens us," Putin told his annual press conference on Thursday.