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OTTAWA — Russia has issued an extraordinary rebuke of Canada after the House of Commons took another step Monday towards passing a human rights law named for a Moscow lawyer who was found dead in a Russian prison.

A statement from the Russian embassy threatened countermeasures, accusing Canada of committing a “deplorably confrontational act.”

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With the backing of foreign minister Chrystia Freeland and the Liberal government, a Conservative senator’s private member’s bill passed report stage in the House Monday. One vote remains, at third reading, before the bill can become law.

Sen. Raynell Andreychuk introduced Bill S-226, with the short title “Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act (Sergei Magnitsky Law),” in May 2016. It would allow the government to impose sanctions on foreigners from any country, not just Russia, for “gross violations of internationally recognized human rights.”