U.S. Sanctions Chechen Leader Ramzan Kadyrov After Anti-Gay Purge
Source: The Daily Beast
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is now subject to U.S. sanctions under the Magnitsky Act, Russia’s independent Novaya Gazeta reported Wednesday. Kadyrov, the authoritarian leader of the Russian republic, was added to the list of dozens of sanctioned individuals along with four other Russians. Kadyrov’s long list of human-rights-violation accusations includes Chechnya’s persecution of LGBT individuals. Earlier this year, Novaya Gazeta first reported that Chechen authorities had set up “concentration camps” for gay men. Also sanctioned is Ayub Kataev, a prison warden and head of a branch of the Chechen internal affairs ministry, who has denied reports of the anti-gay camps to the press.
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U.S. Sanctions Chechen Chief Kadyrov for Human Rights Abuses
By Saleha Mohsin
December 20, 2017, 11:24 AM EST Updated on December 20, 2017, 11:42 AM EST
The U.S. Treasury Department said it will sanction Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and four other people for human rights violations in Russia, a move likely to exacerbate tensions between Washington and Moscow.
The designations announced Wednesday bring the total number of individuals sanctioned under a 2012 law known as the Magnitsky Act to 49. Kadyrov, who has long been accused of extrajudicial killings and other abuses, is an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The sanctions take effect after a notice is published in the Federal Register on Thursday.
“We will continue to use the Magnitsky Act to aggressively target gross violators of human rights in Russia, including individuals responsible for extrajudicial killings, torture, and other despicable acts,” the director of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Control, John Smith, said in a statement released Wednesday.
The law, which places sanctions on Russians for human rights abuses, has come up in the investigations into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, met with a Russian lawyer working to amend the law in June 2016.
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