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In Latest Magnitsky Sanctions, U.S. Targets High-Ranking Chechens
printThe United States Monday blacklisted two high-ranking Chechen officials and two Russians for their alleged roles in the torture of a Chechen activist and the death of Moscow attorney Sergei Magnitsky. The designations of Magomed Daudov, the chief of staff for Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov, and Apti Kharonovich, the deputy minister of internal affairs for the Chechen Republic, mark the most senior-level blacklisting of Chechen officials under the sanctions regime. In a press conference Monday, a U.S. State Department official said that the pair had been named for their role in the kidnapping and torture of Ruslan Kutayev, a Chechen...
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