Chechen leader Kadyrov announces retaliatory sanctions on US secretary of state after Washington targets his family

The head of Chechnya

The head of Chechnya has announced the imposition of “all the sanctions in the republic” against US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Ramzan Kadyrov says it’s in response to Washington’s latest measures against his relatives.

On July 20, the US State Department slapped additional penalties on Kadyrov “for numerous gross violations of human rights dating back more than a decade.” He had already been sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act, a controversial programme which punishes those deemed by Washington to be human rights offenders.

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