Five Russian nationals, including President of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, have been placed on the US sanctions list under the Magnitsky Act.
The leader of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, is on the list alongside the following names: Ayub Kataev; Yulia Mayorova; Andrey Pavlov; and Alexey Sheshenya.
Adopted by the US Congress in December 2012, the Magnitsky Act allows the United States to withhold visas and freeze financial assets of Russian individuals and companies over alleged human rights violations. The law is named after Sergey Magnitsky, a Russian auditor who died in a pre-trial detention center while under investigation for major tax fraud.
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