First Group of Individuals Under New Magnitsky Designation Added to SDN List
The State and Treasury Departments named the first group of 18 individuals to the Office of Foreign Assets Control's Specially Designated Nationals List under the new Magnitsky Act. The act designates entities associated with the persecution and death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky. The names include six people placed there because of their position in Magnitsky’s initial investigation and arrest; including four judges, two prison officials, Interior Ministry personnel and the heads of tax authority offices, a senior State Department official said in a press briefing April 12.
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The list also includes two individuals associated with other events: the shooting of a Chechen in Vienna, and someone associated with the murder of former Forbes Russian Editor Paul Klebnikov. Another senior State official confirmed there is also a classified list, as provided under the law. State officials briefed Congress “in some detail” about the contents of that list, but would not divulge names or numbers to the press.
The individuals are:
- Letscha Bogatirov, aka Lecha Bogatyrev, aka Lecha Bogatyryov; Chechen Republic, Russia
- Aleksey O. Droganov; Moscow Region, Russia
- Kazbek Dukuzov; Chechen Republic, Russia
- Pavel Karpov; Moscow, Russia
- Yelena Khimina; Moscow, Russia
- Dmitriy Komnov; Moscow, Russia
- Aleksey Krivoruchko, aka Alex Krivoruchko, aka Alexei Krivoruchko; Moscow Region, Russia
- Artem Kuznetsov, aka Artyom Kuznetsov; Baku, Azerbaijan
- Oleg Logunov; Irkutsk Region, Russia
- Andrey I. Pechegin; Moscow Region, Russia
- Sergei G. Podoprigorov; Mosow, Russia
- Ivan Pavlovitch Prokopenko; Vinnitsa, Ukraine
- Oleg F. Silchenko; Smarakand, Uzebekistan
- Yelena Stashina, aka Elena Stashina, aka Helen Stashina; Tomsk, Russia
- Olga G. Stepanova; Moscow, Russia
- Dmitri M. Tolchinskiy, aka Dmitry Tolchinsky; Moscow, Russia
- Svetlana Ukhnalyova, aka Svetlana Ukhnalev, aka Svetlana V. Ukhnaleva; Moscow, Russia
- Natalyya V. Vinogradova; Michurinsk, Russia