European Union politician Žuseps Borel has announced that sanctions have been applied to Deputy Minister of Justice Oleg Sviridenko, judges and other employees of the judicial system, as well as a high-ranking prison official who “is responsible for humiliating treatment, as a result of which Kara-Murza’s health condition deteriorated significantly”.
European Union politician Žuseps Borel has announced that sanctions have been applied to Deputy Minister of Justice Oleg Sviridenko, judges and other employees of the judicial system, as well as a high-ranking prison official who “is responsible for humiliating treatment, as a result of which Kara-Murza’s health condition deteriorated significantly”.
Kara-Murza, 41, was sentenced in April to 25 years in a maximum security prison for treason and spreading “false information” about Russia’s war against Ukraine.
It is the longest prison sentence handed down to a member of the Russian opposition in recent years.
This “scandalously harsh prison sentence clearly demonstrates the political abuse of the Russian judicial system to suppress civil society and independent voices opposing Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine,” EU foreign affairs and security chief Josep Borrell said on Monday.
Sanctioned individuals have their assets frozen in the EU and are prohibited from traveling to or through EU countries.
It has already been reported that immediately after the conviction of Kara-Murza, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs included ten persons who are jointly responsible for the persecution of the Kremlin critic on the list of undesirable persons for Latvia.
Lithuania and Great Britain have also imposed sanctions against high-ranking Russian officials in connection with Kara-Murza’s imprisonment.
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