UK Sanctions 5 Related to Poisoning, Arrest of Russian Activist
The U.K. added three names to its Russia sanctions list on April 21. The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation said Russian government officials Andrey Zadachin, Denis Kolesnikov and Elena Lenskaya were all involved in the "politically motivated case" against Russian journalist and activist Vladimir Kara-Murza. The U.S. issued similar sanctions in March (see 2303030021).
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In a separate notice, OFSI added Konstantin Kudryavtsev and Alexander Samofal to its Global Human Rights sanctions regime for their involvement in the poisoning of Kara-Murza.