U.S. imposes new sanctions against Russia: Artek children's camp is on a blacklist
U.S. imposes new sanctions against Russia (Getty Images)
Today, August 24, the United States imposed new sanctions against Russia. 11 individuals and the Artek children's camp have been targeted by these restrictions, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Who has been affected by the restrictions
- Irina Anatolyevna Ageeva - Ombudsman for Children's Rights in the Kaluga region.
- Zamid Alievich Chalaev - Russian military figure, commander of the Special Police Regiment of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Chechen Republic.
- Irina Aleksandrovna Cherkasova - Ombudsman for Children's Rights in the Rostov region of Russia.
- Konstantin Albertovich Fedorenko - Director of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution "International Children Center Artek."
- Aymani Nesievna Kadyrova - mother of the head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov.
- Muslim Magomedovich Khuchiev - Head of the government of the Chechen Republic.
- Vladimir Vladislavovich Kovalenko - Chief of Staff of the children and youth military-patriotic public movement "Youth Army" in Sevastopol.
- Vladimir Dmytrievich Nechaev - "Head" of Sevastopol State University.
- Galina Anatolevna Pyatykh - Ombudsman for Children's Rights in the Belgorod region.
- Olena Oleksandrivna Shapurova - the so-called "Minister of Education and Science of the Zaporizhzhia region."
- Mansur Mussaevich Soltaev - Ombudsman for Human Rights in the Chechen Republic.
Additionally, the United States imposed sanctions on the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution "International Children Center Artek" and the Fund named after Akhmat Kadyrov.
Background
Today, President Joe Biden stated that the United States, along with other countries, was working to hold Russia accountable for the ongoing war.
"And today we are announcing new sanctions to hold accountable those responsible for these forced displacements and deportations and to demand the return of Ukrainian children to their families," Biden said.
The deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia
Since the start of the full-scale war, Russia has been deporting Ukrainian children from occupied territories. They are taken children to Crimea, Russia, or Belarus under the pretext of "rehabilitation" or for vacations in camps.
Earlier, Ukraine's First Lady, Olena Zelenska, said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine that Russia has taken approximately 19,500 children from Ukraine. The process of returning them is tough and lengthy because the Russians refuse to cooperate.
In the case of the deportation of Ukrainian children, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Ombudsman Maria Lvova-Belova.
