US Sanctions Chechnya's Terek Special Rapid Response Team, 5 Individuals - Treasury

Faizan Hashmi Published May 16, 2019 | 11:26 PM

The United States has imposed sanctions on Chechnya's Terek Special Rapid Response Team along with five individuals including three Russians, the Treasury Department said in a press release on Thursday

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 16th May, 2019) The United States has imposed sanctions on Chechnya's Terek Special Rapid Response Team along with five individuals including three Russians, the Treasury Department said in a press release on Thursday.

"Today, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated five individuals and one entity pursuant to the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (the Magnitsky Act)," the release said.

The designations include Russian nationals Ruslan Geremeyev, Elena Anatolievna Trikulya and Abuzayed Vismuradov, along with Gennady Vyacheslavovich Karlov and Sergey Leonidovich Kossiev, the release added.