The American weekly magazine The Nation had said in December 2012 that the Magnitsky Act "recklessly and needlessly jeopardized U.S.-Russian cooperation in vital areas from Afghanistan and the Middle East to international terrorism and nuclear proliferation".
2012年12月，美国《国家周刊》曾表示，《马格尼茨基法案》「不计后果、毫无必要地危害了美俄在重要领域的合作，从阿富汗和中东到国际恐怖主义和核武器扩散」。