The United States has slapped curbs on individuals and entitites for engagement in forced transfer of children from embattled Ukraine.
The State Department in a statement on Thursday said it was imposing sanctions and visa restrictions on individuals and entitutes for forced transfe and deportation of children during Russia's "illegal war against Ukraine." Today, the Department of State is imposing sanctions and pursuing visa restrictions to promote accountability for individuals and entities connected to forcible transfer and deportation of Ukraine's children. The United States will continue to hold Russia to account for its illegal war against Ukraine.
The Department is designating the below individuals and entity that have reportedly played a role in forcibly deporting Ukrainian children from Russia-occupied areas of Ukraine to Russia, and/or transferring Ukrainian children within Russia-occupied areas of Ukraine. These designations underscore "our commitment to upholding the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and advancing accountability for the Russian individuals and entities as well as Russian proxy authorities involved in these atrocities." The following individuals are being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(A) of E.O. 14024 for being or having been leaders, officials, senior executive officers, or members of the board of directors of the Government of the Russian Federation: Galina Anatolevna Pyatykh is the advisor to the Governor of Belgorod and Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Belgorod region and has been involved in facilitation of the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia and their adoption by Russian families.
Irina Aanatollyevna Ageeva is the Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Kaluga region and has been involved in facilitation of the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia and their adoption by Russian families.
Irina Alexksandrova Cherkasova is the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Rostov region and has been involved in facilitation of the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia and their adoption by Russian families.
Mansur Mussaaevich Soltaev is the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Chechen Republic and is reportedly associated with human rights violations and abuses and the suppression of protests against the Russian mobilization of troops. Additionally, Soltaev has been involved in facilitation of the transfer of civilians of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic" and the so-called "Luhansk People's Republic", to include the deportation of Ukrainian children to camps in the Chechen Republic.
Muslim Magomedovich Kuchieve is the Chairman of the government of the Chechen Republic and has been involved in facilitation of the deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia and their adoption by Russian families.
The following entity is being designated for being responsible for or complicit in, or having directly or indirectly engaged or attempted to engage in, activities that undermine the peace, security, political stability, or territorial integrity of the United States, its allies, or its partners, for or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, directly or indirectly, the Government of the Russian Federation: Federal state budgetary educational institute for international children center Artek is a Government of Russia-owned "summer camp" located in Russia-occupied Crimea that has received Ukrainian children who are subsequently placed in extensive "patriotic" re-education programs and are prevented from returning to their families.
The following individual is being designated pursuant to section 1(a)(iii)(C) of E.O. 14024 for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of Artek, an entity whose property and interests in property are blocked: Konstantin Aalbertovich Fedorrenko is the director of Artek. The department in its long report listed a number of other individuals in the case.
Source: Kuwait News Agency