US imposes sanctions on six Russians
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The United States imposed sanctions on six Russian citizens, reported on the website of the Ministry of Finance of the country.
The black list of the Office for Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury (SDN OFAC) includes Deputy Minister of Justice of the Russian Federation Oleg Sviridenko, judge of the Basmanny Court Elena Lenskaya, investigator for especially important cases of the Investigative Committee Andrey Zadachin and others.
Restrictions on Russian citizens have been introduced under the so-called Magnitsky Act.
February 9 UK and US introduced sanctions against seven Russians who are allegedly involved in hacker activities. It was clarified that they were allegedly associated with the development or distribution of a number of ransomware programs in the UK and the US, which pose a first-level national security threat. They are banned from entering both countries and their assets have been frozen.
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