It has been reported today that the UK’s National Crime Agency has arrested and charged Dmitry Ovsyannikov, a Russian national, with seven counts of circumventing sanctions as well as two money laundering charges.
Ovsyannikov was formerly the governor of Russian-seized Sevastopol and was designated by the EU in 2017 and then post-Brexit by the UK in 2020.
He is due to first appear in Southwark Crown Court on 20 February. He was arrested on 22 January.
To date the National Crime Agency has not issued a press release