Every year in December the US State Dept and Treasury issue a new list of Russians sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act. When I checked on the delay yesterday I learned that the people making the Magnitsky designations were all restricted by the US government shutdown.

Every year in December the US State Dept and Treasury issue a new list of Russians sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act. When I checked on the delay yesterday I learned that the people making the Magnitsky designations were all restricted by the US government shutdown.

— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) January 8, 2019