WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Ruben Gallego issued the following press release:
Senators Ruben Gallego, Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) called on the Trump administration to impose sanctions on Russian officials under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act, citing reports (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/02/01/kenya-russia-military-ukraine-war/) that Russia is using human trafficking and forced labor to support its war in Ukraine.
"We write to urge the Department of the Treasury and the Department of State to promptly employ authorities under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act and Executive Order 13818 to designate and sanction Russian individuals and entitie...