British police in London detained Dmitry Ovsyannikov, former governor of Sevastopol and former deputy head of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, for violating sanctions. This was reported by TASS Citing The Times newspaper.
The National Crime Agency (NCA) alleges that Ovsyannikov, who was detained on January 22, violated the personal sanctions regime imposed on him by the British government. In particular, the NCA alleges that Ovsyannikov received transfers totaling £65 thousand to an account previously opened in one of the banks of the HBOS financial group in London. £77.5k in cash was also seized from Ovsyannikov – which the NCA alleges was obtained as a result of illegal financial transactions.
Ovsyannikov has been under British sanctions since becoming governor of Sevastopol in 2017. He was also under similar EU sanctions until 2022, but got the sanctions lifted by explaining in court that he was no longer governor of Sevastopol and that the sanctions regime prevented him from doing business in Cyprus.
Ovsyannikov worked at the Ministry of Industry and Trade until 2020 after he was removed from the post of governor of Sevastopol, but was fired after the scandal at Izhevsk airport, where he refused to show documents when boarding the plane and began swearing at airport employees.
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Source: Gazeta
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