20 Dec 2012 13:24

Putin says he does not question State Duma response to U.S. Magnitsky Act

MOSCOW. Dec 20 (Interfax) - Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he trusts parliamentarians who have supported a bill retaliating against the U.S. Magnitsky Act, including an amendment that bans adoptions of Russian children by U.S. citizens.

"As for my attitude toward what the deputies are doing, if the U.S. president agrees with his lawmakers so easily, why do you think that the president of Russia should question what Russian lawmakers are doing?" Putin said at a press conference on Thursday.