The United States has publicly designated Chechnya's Prime Minister Muslim Khuchiev for his alleged role in human rights violations and denied him entry to the United States, the Department of State said in a press release on Thursday, Sputnik reports.
"The Department is publicly designating Muslim Khuchiev, the Chairman (Prime Minister) of the Government of the Chechen Republic of the Russian Federation, under Section 7031(c) of the FY 2019 Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Act, due to his involvement in gross violations of human rights," the release said.
The designation means that Khuchiev is now "ineligible for entry into the United States," the release added.
"The Department has credible information that Muslim Khuchiev was involved in torture," the release said.
His wife, Sapiyat Shabazova, was also barred from entering the United States, it added.
