US Sanctions Russians Involved in Arrest of Opposition Politician
The U.S. last week sanctioned five Russian officials and one "expert witness" involved in the arrest and imprisonment of Russian opposition politician Vladimir Kara-Murza. The designations came after lawmakers, including Sens. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and Jim Risch, R-Idaho, asked the administration to impose Magnitsky human rights sanctions against Russia for the arrest of Kara-Murza, who has spoken against the war in Ukraine (see 2209270021 and 2301260046).
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The Treasury Department designated Elena Anatolievna Lenskaya, a Moscow judge who oversaw Kara-Murza’s pretrial detention hearing; Andrei Andreevich Zadachin, a special investigator who ordered that a criminal case be brought against Kara-Murza; and Danila Yurievich Mikheev, an expert witness for Russia’s case against Kara-Murza. The State Department sanctioned Oleg Mikhailovich Sviridenko, Russia’s deputy minister of justice; Diana Igorevna Mishchenko, the judge who issued Kara-Murza’s initial ruling; and Ilya Pavlovich Kozlov, the judge who denied Kara-Murza’s appeal.