Russia Launches Public Registry of Citizens Evading Punishment Abroad
12 individuals have been added to the new registry of Russians with 'temporary restrictions'. A new 'List of persons subject to temporary restrictive measures' has gone live on the Ministry of Justice website.
Consensus
- The Russian Ministry of Justice has created a public registry of Russian citizens who are allegedly evading punishment abroad.
- The registry includes 12 individuals.
- The registry is accessible on the Ministry of Justice's website.
- Temporary restrictive measures are applied to individuals on the list, including asset freezes and restrictions on financial transactions and property dealings.
- The measures include blocking access to government services, restrictions on business registration, and limitations on notarial services.
Points of divergence
- Eleven of the 12 individuals on the list were previously included in the registry of foreign agents, except for Yelena Kotenochkina. — vm
- The grounds for including Kotenochkina are 'public dissemination of knowingly false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces.' — vm
- The list includes individuals such as Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Yekaterina Shulman, Michael Nakhi, and Anastasia Shevchenko. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- Crimes that may lead to inclusion in the list include failure to comply with the requirements of an agent of foreign influence, discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, calls for sanctions, and violation of territorial integrity. — vm
- The new registry differs from the existing foreign agents registry by imposing direct restrictions on financial and property assets. — tg_govorit_nemoskva
- The law was signed by Putin in August and operated in a test mode before being launched. — tg_govorit_nemoskova
Coverage (8 sources)
- Ministry of Justice of Russia will create a public registry of Russians hiding abroad from punishment — ASTRA
- First group of Russians added to registry of individuals subject to temporary restrictions — Вечерняя Москва
- 12 people added to new registry of Russians with 'temporary restrictions' — Говорит НеМосква
- Registry of Russians evading punishment abroad launched on the Ministry of Justice website — Новости Москвы
- Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation created a registry on its website listing Russians subject to temporary restrictive measures... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Registry of Russians against whom restrictions were introduced due to their evasion of punishment abroad has started... — РИА Новости (Telegram)
- Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation created a registry on its website with a list of Russians to whom temporary restrictive measures are applied... — ТАСС (Telegram)
- Ministry of Justice: list of Russians hiding from punishment abroad will be open — Коммерсантъ
Key entities
- Ministry of Justice
- Russia
- VS
- Michael Khodorkovsky
- TASS
- Ministry of Justice
- Anastasiya Shevchenko
- Ekaterina Shulman
- Registry
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