The US State Department hypocritically slaps sanctions on 4 Russian officials for alleged human rights violations
A senior official of the State Department said two officials have allegedly been involved in the cover-up of the death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in prison in 2009 after revealing corruption. The officials are Deputy Prosecutor General Victor Grin and investigator Andrei Strizhov. Two senior officials of the Chechen Republic have also entered the list over alleged kidnapping and torture of an activist.