OFAC Removes Chechen Leader's Horse Trainer From SDN List
The Office of Foreign Assets Control this week removed sanctions from Satish Seemar, who was designated in 2020 for being a horse trainer for Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of the Chechen Republic who has ties to human rights abuses. OFAC also removed the vessel Addiction (9HA4571) from the Specially Designated Nationals List. The Malta-flagged yacht has links to Sergei Nikolaevich Adonev, sanctioned earlier this year for being a financier for Russian President Vladimir Putin. The agency didn’t release more information.
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OFAC also updated six Russia-related SDN entries, including multiple science and research institutes, vessels and a Russian national.