The U.S. Treasury imposed sanctions against Ramzan Kadyrov
The head of the Republic and four Russians caught in the sanctions list under the Magnitsky case.
WASHINGTON, December 20. /TASS/. The us administration added the so-called Magnitsky list five citizens of Russia, including the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. This was announced on Wednesday, the US Treasury Department.
In the sanctions list also included Ayub Katayev, Yulia Mayorova, Andrey Pavlov and Alexey Chechenya.
The American administration claims that the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, involved in the “extrajudicial killings, torture and other gross violations of internationally recognized human rights”.
According to his version, these actions were allegedly taken against those who “tried to identify the illegal activities carried out by officials of the government of the Russian Federation”.
On this basis, the head of Chechnya included in the so-called Magnitsky list.