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Kyiv, Ukrainendash; If Vladimir Putin genuinely has decided against invading Ukraine, it s likely because the U.S. and its allies have made the costs too high. It s done that by supplying weapons to Uk adidas originals hombre raine, and by threatening Russia s leader with unprecedented sanctions that would target not only his government, but his inner circle and their family members.As White House press secretary Jen Psaki has noted, many of those people are particularly vulnerable targets for sanctions because of theirhuge fina dunks ncial holdings in Western nations. Vladimir Putin is a human rights violator, and a kleptocrat, and a very rich man, Bill Browder told CBS News. The British-American financier was once one of the biggest foreign investors in Russia mdash; until he started campaigning against Russian corruption.Browder s Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky died in a Moscow prison at the age of 37 after accusing officials of stealing $230 million via tax rebates. In 2012, the U.S. adopted a law, named the Global Magnitsky Act, which allows the American government to freeze financial assets of human rights violators.The law, which Browder helped lobby for in Washington, has beenused to sanction Russiansand others for years, and the businessman says it s seen him subjected to death threats and adidas originals regular legal harassment, including abrief detention in Spainin 2018, on behalf of Putin s regime. Browder told CBS News that Putin has been treated too softly by the West, and that has sent a danger Yprw Team USA s Nathan Chen sets figure skating short program world record at Beijing Games
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday he sees some chance of a modest acceleration in the pace of U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq.Gates, returning from a trip to Iraq, told reporters aboard his plane that perhaps one combat brigade would come out of Iraq ahead of schedule. He did not give a precise timetable.Gates said that Gen. Ray Odierno, the top U.S. general in Iraq, told him that the security situation there is going better than expected.President Obama has announced plans to withdraw American combat forces from Iraq by Aug. 31, 2010, leaving 30,000 to 50,000 U.S. troops in advising and training roles until the end of 2011.U.S. officials had been worried that last month s scheduled handover of security to Iraqi security forces might erode security gains that had already been made. However, Gates said Odierno told him the security situation there was going well. The defense secretary told reporters there is at least some chance of a modest acceleration in the pace of U.S. tr stanley water bottle oop withdrawal. Gates got a firsthand look Tuesday at the future of the U.S. military mission in southern Iraq.Gates flew from Amman, Jordan, to a command post in southern Iraq where U.S. troops are serving mainly as advisers to Iraqi forc stanley flasche es. The advisory unit in Talil is a prototype for U.S. forces as they shift from front stanley cups uk -line combat to support roles.The secretary met with U.S. and Iraqi officers who have been patrolling together since July 15. He also saw the command center, a roo
