[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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