Move by US and allies to penalize official Russia human rights abuse angers Moscow dictatorship

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Russia slaps tit-for-tat ban on 18 US officials

AFP – Russia on Saturday published its own blacklist of US officials banned from entering the country in retaliation for Washington blackballing 18 Russians over alleged human rights abuses. Already-strained relations between the two countries chilled further as Russia hit back.