US sanctions Chechnya ruler Ramzan Kadyrov for ‘gross violations of human rights’

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The strongman in charge of Russia’s Chechnya region has been sanctioned by the United States for his long record of human rights abuses, including torture and extrajudicial killings.

The fresh sanctions for Ramzan Kadyrov were announced Monday by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, which bar Kadyrov and some family members from traveling to the U.S. The new sanctions are in addition to previous ones levied by the U.S. against the ruler.

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