Sec. 106. Publicize Russian misdeeds
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Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall compile and publicly release a list of Russian-based persons, including organizations and their executives, who recruited or otherwise facilitated the transfer of Russian personnel for— the war in the Donbass; or targeting of civilians in Syria. Notwithstanding any other provision of law any persons identified in the list required under paragraph
(1)shall be prohibited from entry to the United States. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a list of the following: Persons, including corporations with United States subsidiaries, acting in Europe and the United States as front companies or intermediaries of the Government of Russia, and the executives of such persons. Politicians serving or acting as proxies of the Government of Russia. Russian media entities, including producers and reporters, who— traffic in forgeries, fabrications, and altered media products with intent to obfuscate factual reporting; or instigate conflict and violence in Europe or the United States. Non-Russian persons that have knowingly or negligently provided hardware or other forms of assistance to the Government of Russia that has furthered Russia’s efforts to— filter online political content; disrupt cell phone and Internet communications; monitor the online activities of Russian citizens; or discriminate against or suppress the activities of independent civil society institutions. Each person that— receives subsidies from the Government of Russia, thereby eroding market opportunities for private businesses; provides financial or material support to Russia-backed forces actively involved in aggression against Russia’s neighbors; provides financial or material support to propaganda outlets of the Government of Russia that legitimize Russian aggression; or provides financing or material support to political and nongovernmental persons or entities, including the United Russia political party, determined by the Secretary of State to be engaged in the suppression of fundamental freedoms in Russia. The lists required under this section may also include entities already identified in the list of specially designated nationals and blocked persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury. The lists required under this section shall be unclassified but may be submitted in classified form. The Secretary of State shall transmit the unclassified lists required under this section to the heads of state of— NATO member states; Sweden; Finland; and Ireland.