On Monday 5 June, the EU Council adopted restrictive measures against nine people in Russia, as part of the comprehensive human rights sanctions regime, for sentencing Russian political opponent Vladimir Kara-Murza to 25 years in prison “on the basis of politically motivated charges and false allegations” (see EUROPE B13163A18).
In particular, the Council sanctioned the Russian Deputy Minister of Justice, Oleg Sviridenko, who was responsible for applying the legislation on ‘foreign...