The corresponding message, signed by nine other legislators, is published on the Rubio website.
"We are asking to take measures in response to the ongoing actions of the Russian government against dissidents and opposition leaders, including the politically motivated imprisonment of many Russian citizens," the statement said.
Senators have called for the use of “existing powers in accordance with US law, including the Law on the Rule of Law and Accountability named after Sergei Magnitsky” and the Magnitsky Global Act to impose sanctions on Russian officials who are “responsible for these human rights violations.”
As noted in the document, while some Russian officials have already fallen under sanctions, many others, including "Attorney General Yuri Chaika, Minister of Justice Alexander Konovalov", no.
Earlier, head of the US House’s Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel and Rep. Michael McCall called for targeted sanctions due to “human rights violations” during protests in Russia.
In February, US senators, including Ben Cardin, proposed creating a single “national center for responding to hybrid threats” from Russia.
In April, Bloomberg, citing Senator Marco Rubio, wrote that there was “little fatigue” in Congress from initiatives that proposed new sanctions against Russia for “interference” in the election.