Treasury And State Sanction Russia In Response To Poisoning Of Aleksey Navalny - International Law
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. OFAC designated seven Russian government officials in response to the August 2020 poisoning and January 2021 imprisonment of opposition leader Aleksey Navalny. According to OFAC, the Novichok nerve agent, which European laboratories identified as responsible for Mr. Navalny's poisoning, has only ever been utilized as a chemical weapon by Russia, and is only accessible to Russian state authorities. Pursuant to Executive Order ("EO") 13661 ("Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contrib...
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