U.S. Treasury Department Issues Sanctions on Ramzan Kadyrov, Including ACA

The U.S. Department of Treasury announced sanctions on Chechen dictator Ramzan Kadyrov's MMA promotion and fight club (Akhmat MMA + ACA).

After five years of reporting on Kadyrov's use of MMA as a soft power strategy to distract from human rights abuses, it has finally happened pic.twitter.com/Tcrb92t4Hk

— Karim Zidan | \u0643\u0631\u064a\u0645 \u0632\u064a\u062f\u0627\u0646 (@ZidanSports) December 10, 2020The United States Department of the Treasury has sanctioned Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov for human right abuses, affecting fighters associating with Kadyrov or competing in his promotion of Absolute Championship Akhmat.

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign…