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U.S. adds four more Russians to human rights sanctions list
Source: Reuters
U.S. adds four more Russians to human rights sanctions list
WASHINGTON Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:26pm EST
(Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on four more Russians for alleged human rights abuses, including two officials said to be involved in the cover-up of the death of a lawyer who died in prison after exposing large-scale corruption.
Visa bans and asset freezes were also imposed on two senior officials of the Chechen Republic implicated in the kidnapping and torture of a Chechen activist, Ruslan Kutayev, a senior official of the U.S. State Department said.
The U.S. Treasury Department identified the men as Apti Alaudinov, deputy minister of internal affairs of the Chechen Republic, and Magomed Daudov, chief of staff of the Executive Office of Head and Government of the Chechen Republic.
They and Deputy Prosecutor General Victor Grin and Andrei Strizhov, an investigator, were designated under a U.S. law named for Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who allegedly uncovered tax fraud that involved Russian officials.
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WASHINGTON Mon Dec 29, 2014 5:26pm EST
(Reuters) - The United States imposed sanctions on Monday on four more Russians for alleged human rights abuses, including two officials said to be involved in the cover-up of the death of a lawyer who died in prison after exposing large-scale corruption.
Visa bans and asset freezes were also imposed on two senior officials of the Chechen Republic implicated in the kidnapping and torture of a Chechen activist, Ruslan Kutayev, a senior official of the U.S. State Department said.
The U.S. Treasury Department identified the men as Apti Alaudinov, deputy minister of internal affairs of the Chechen Republic, and Magomed Daudov, chief of staff of the Executive Office of Head and Government of the Chechen Republic.
They and Deputy Prosecutor General Victor Grin and Andrei Strizhov, an investigator, were designated under a U.S. law named for Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who allegedly uncovered tax fraud that involved Russian officials.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/29/us-usa-russia-sanctions-idUSKBN0K71H620141229
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