<p>Despite Russias anger, its response to the Magnitsky Act was largely a symbolic gesture that did not really hurt U.S. interests. Hardly any American officials will be harmed by not being able to travel to Russia or keep their money in a Russian bank. Analysts were quick to note that if Mr. Putin really wanted to hit the U.S. where it hurts he could have imposed restrictions on American companies in Russia or shut off U.S. logistics lifelines to Afghanistan that run through Russia. By sparing U.S. interests, Mr. Putin sent a signal that Moscow is still open to doing business with Washington.</p>
<p>However, the U.S. sanctions and the Russian retaliation badly poisoned the air between the two countries. Both sides promised to keep adding new names to their blacklists of persona non grata.</p>
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