美國將克里姆林宮首席調查官員和其他6人加入制裁名單大綱

The U.S. imposed sanctions on Russia's top investigator and four other Kremlin figures Monday for what the State Department calls "notorious human rights violations."

The five Russians, along with two other men with alleged ties to Hezbollah, were sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act.

U.S. officials did not say exactly what the seven are being sanctioned for. But State Department spokesman John Kirby said, "Each of the most recently added names was considered after extensive research."

Kirby said the five Russians played "roles in the repressive machinery of Russia's law enforcement systems, as well as individuals involved in notorious human rights violations."

They include Alexander Bastrykin, who is believed to be the Kremlin's top investigator and leads the crackdown on dissenters.

The 44 people now on the list are barred from entering the United States and their U.S. assets are frozen. U.S. citizens are forbidden from carrying out any financial transactions with them.

The Magnitsky Act was named for Russian anti-corruption lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in 2009 after spending a year in prison and in poor health.

Russian investigators ruled there was nothing criminal in Magnitsky's death.

But the State Department alleges there is plenty of evidence to show Magnitsky was beaten in his jail cell, and his illnesses went untreated.美國星期一宣佈，制裁包括俄羅斯調查部門最高官員在內的五名俄羅斯官員，美國國務院稱他們爲“臭名昭著的人權侵犯者”。

這五個人和另外兩個據信跟真主黨有關的人是根據馬格尼茨基人權問責法而被制裁的。

雖然美國官員沒有透露他們被制裁的具體原因，不過美國國務院發言人科比說：“制裁名單上每一個最近增加的人都經過了全面的調查。”

他們當中包括專門壓制異議人士的俄羅斯調查部門最高官員亞歷山大.巴斯特里金。

目前名單上的44個人將不得進入美國，他們在美國的資產將被凍結。美國公民將不得與他們有任何金融往來。

馬格尼茨基人權問責法以俄羅斯反腐敗律師謝爾蓋·馬格尼茨基命名。馬格尼茨基在監獄中被關押一年後身體狀況惡化，於2009年去世。

俄羅斯調查人員說，馬格尼茨基的死沒有任何可疑之處。

但是美國國務院認爲，有證據顯示馬格尼茨基在獄中被毆打，他的病沒有得到及時治療。