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BREAKING: US Government just added five Russians to US Magnitsky list in latest sanctions for gross human rights abuse in Russia. List includes two Russian law enforcement officials involved in the persecution of Sergei Magnitsky. home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…
List includes Elena Trikulya, a 44 year officer with Russian State Investigative Committee (Russia’s equivalent to FBI), who played an active role in the cover-up of Sergei Magnitsky’s murder in 2010
New Magnitsky list also includes Gennady Karlov, a 59 year old officer with Russia’s Interior Ministry, who was responsible for covering up Sergei Magnitsky’s harsh, inhumane and sadistic treatment in jail before he died.
So far 42 Russians have been sanctioned who were involved in the false arrest, murder of Sergei Magnitsky or the financial crime he uncovered. There are still 241 Russian individuals to go. The US government has all the evidence.
