Economics
U.S. Sanctions Chechen Chief Kadyrov for Human Rights Abuses
- Forty-nine people now sanctioned under Magnitsky Act
- Law was subject of Trump Jr.’s meeting with Russian lawyer
Ramzan Kadyrov in 2015.
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The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned 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.