On 21 April, a Notice from HM Treasury advised that the designations resulted from Kara-Murza being sentenced by a Russian court to 25 years in prison for charges including treason and spreading ‘knowingly false information’ about the Russian armed forces.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1152001/Notice_Russia_210423.pdf
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sanctions-fsb-agents-and-russian-investigators-behind-arrest-of-british-russian-national-vladimir-kara-murza
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-sanctions-fsb-agents-and-russian-investigators-behind-arrest-of-british-russian-national-vladimir-kara-murza
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