US sanctions five prominent Russians including Litvinenko suspects
Source: BBC
The Obama administration has blacklisted five prominent Russians, just 11 days before he leaves office.
Chief federal investigator Alexander Bastrykin and two men wanted in the UK for the murder of Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko are among them.
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Under the act named after Russian tax fraud whistleblower Sergey Magnitsky, who died in a Moscow prison in 2009, people on the list have their US assets blocked and are banned from travelling to the US.
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The five men to be blacklisted are:
Alexander Bastrykin, a close aide to President Vladimir Putin and head of the federal investigative agency, who has led campaigns against domestic dissidents and foreign NGOs working in Russia. US officials say he was complicit in the Magnitsky case
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-38560439
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