Sir, you just said that sanctions are an important instrument to save people's lives. Mr. Magnitsky was killed while incarcerated in Russia. After the imposition of the Magnitsky act by the United States, although Mr. Putin continued to incarcerate people he thought may be opponents—oligarchs, business people, potential political opponents, people who worked for them—none were murdered. None had their deaths caused as a result of being incarcerated. In fact, some were released.
Would it be fair to assume, perhaps as a consequence of these Magnitsky laws, that for the people Mr. Putin incarcerates, people he views as opponents, in fact, their lives are being saved by the imposition of these targeted sanctions?