Sanctions Actions Pursuant to the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012
Notice published January 13, 2017 · 82 FR 4460
- Document number
- FR Doc. 2017-00603
- Type
- Notice
- Published
- January 13, 2017
- Citation
- 82 FR 4460 (page 4,460)
- Action
- Notice.
- Effective
- January 9, 2017
- Dates
- OFAC's actions described in this notice were effective on January 9, 2017.
- Official sources
- PDF (govinfo.gov) · federalregister.gov
Summary
The Federal Register's summaryThe Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") is publishing the names of five individuals whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (the "Magnitsky Act").
Text
As the Government Publishing Office publishes it. Pages OFAC printed as images (in recent notices, the lists of names) are in the official PDF.
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 9 (Friday, January 13, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 4460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-00603]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Office of Foreign Assets Control
Sanctions Actions Pursuant to the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law
Accountability Act of 2012
AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of five individuals whose property
and interests in property are blocked pursuant to the Sergei Magnitsky
Rule of Law Accountability Act of 2012 (the ``Magnitsky Act'').
DATES: OFAC's actions described in this notice were effective on
January 9, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Department of the Treasury's
Office of Foreign Assets Control: Assistant Director for Licensing,
tel.: 202-622-2480, Assistant Director for Policy, tel.: 202-622-2746,
Assistant Director for Regulatory Affairs, tel.: 202-622-4855,
Assistant Director for Sanctions Compliance & Evaluation, tel.: 202-
622-2490; or the Department of the Treasury's Chief Counsel (Foreign
Assets Control), Office of the General Counsel, tel.: 202-622-2410.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Electronic and Facsimile Availability
This document and additional information concerning OFAC are
available from OFAC's Web site (www.treasury.gov/ofac).
Background
On January 9, 2017, OFAC blocked the property and interests in
property of the following five individuals pursuant to the Magnitsky
Act (Pub. L. 112-208, December 14, 2012):
1. PLAKSIN, Gennady Nikolaevich, Russia; DOB 31 Aug 1961; Gender
Male (individual) [MAGNIT].
2. GORDIEVSKY, Stanislav Evgenievich, Russia; DOB 09 Sep 1977;
Gender Male (individual) [MAGNIT].
3. LUGOVOI, Andrei Konstantinovich, Russia; DOB 19 Sep 1966;
Gender Male (individual) [MAGNIT].
4. KOVTUN, Dmitri, Russia; DOB 1965; Gender Male (individual)
[MAGNIT].
5. BASTRYKIN, Alexander Ivanovich, Russia; DOB 27 Aug 1953;
Gender Male (individual) [MAGNIT].
Gennady Plaksin and Stanislav Gordievsky are being designated
pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Magnitsky Act because they were
involved in the criminal conspiracy uncovered by Sergei Magnitsky.
Andrei Lugovoi and Dmitri Kovtun are being designated pursuant to
Section 404(a) of the Magnitsky Act because they are responsible for
the extrajudicial killing of Alexander Litvinenko for his activities
seeking to expose illegal activity carried out by officials of the
Government of the Russian Federation. Alexander Bastrykin is being
designated pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Magnitsky Act for
participating in efforts to conceal the legal liability for the
detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky.
Dated: January 9, 2017.
John E. Smith,
Acting Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. 2017-00603 Filed 1-12-17; 8:45 am]
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