25 More Russians fell under the sanctions in connection with the “Magnitsky case”. This time in the UK, as London has imposed a sanctions regime similar to that existing in the United States. This was stated by the British foreign Secretary Dominic Raab.
In the British sanctions list on “Magnitsky case”, which, as said Raab, ” uncovered the largest tax fraud in Russian history,” included representatives of the Ministry of interior, employees of the detention facility “Matrosskaya Tishina”, as well as doctors. In this list there are the name of the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia Alexander Bastrykin, said “Interfax”. Also under the sanctions were the Deputy Prosecutor General Viktor grin and Deputy interior Minister of Russia Alexei Anichin.
Mentioned in the sanctions list of persons banned entry to the UK. The assets of persons from the list if they are found, will freeze. Also, people from the sanctions list are prohibited to do business in the United Kingdom, and through the mediation of subjects of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
At the heart of anti-Russian sanctions on the “Magnitsky act” are political games, was estimated at October 2017 the imposition of sanctions, Russian President Vladimir Putin.
in addition to sanctions to the Russians the head of the foreign office, Dominic Raab Appl of sanctions in cases involved in the murder of a Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, for maintenance of labor camps in North Korea and the persecution of the Rohingya people living in Myanmar.
the Introduction of all these sanctions – the first use of sanctions by London against foreigners for alleged human rights violations after Brexit.