US sanctions six Russians

The United States imposed sanctions on Friday against six Russian individuals.

Report informs via foreign media that the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Basmannyy District Court judge Elena Lenskaya, special investigator assigned to the Chief Investigative Directorate of the Investigative Committee of Russia Andrei Zadachin and Danila Mikheev.

Furthermore, the US State Department also designated the three individuals and additionally introduced sanctions against three more people: Russian Deputy Minister of Justice Oleg Sviridenko, judge Diana Mishchenko and judge Ilya Kozlov.