Magnitsky worked for British-American financier William Browder, who ran Russia's largest investment fund before being expelled from the country in 2005. Instead of fighting another Cold War, Russia and the United States should focus on defeating Islamic extremism. This spring, Rohrabacher met with Russian officials while on a trip to Moscow and then sat down with a Prevezon representative in Washington. The debate turned into an arm-wrestling match between Putin and Rohrabacher, which Putin won. For 69-year-old Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, a self-described "surfer Republican," this wasn't a totally unexpected position: he's long been virtually the lone pro-Russian voice on Capitol Hill.

Source: ABC News July 04, 2016 07:28 UTC