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WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of four senior U.S. senators on Tuesday unveiled a bill to boost trade with Russia by eliminating a Cold War-era provision, and said they would also push for approval of separate bill to address Russian human rights abuses.

"This is an opportunity to double our exports to Russia and create thousands of jobs across every sector of the U.S. economy, all at no cost to the U.S. whatsoever," Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus said in a statement.