Jurors trying Putin-appointed governor told to ‘put politics aside’

A judge told a jury trying a Putin-appointed governor accused of breaching sanctions made against Russians living in the UK to ‘put politics aside’. Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, 47, is alleged to have accepted cash from his brother-in law Alexei Owsjanikow, 46, and wife Ekaterina Ovsiannikova, 46, while a designated individual. It is claimed he used £54,000 of the £76,000 transferred to him by his wife to buy a new Mercedes Benz GLC 300. Ovsiannikov was an ‘important political figure’ in Russia…