Policitian Dmitrii Ovsiannikov is first to be convicted under Russia sanctions

A Crimean politician who received £76,000 from his wife became the first person to be convicted of breaching the UK’s Russia sanctions. Dmitrii Ovsiannikov, 48, was the acting governor of Sevastapol in occupied Crimea between 2017 and 2018 after being appointed to the role by Vladimir Putin in 2016. He set up an illegal Halifax bank account using an online form on 6 February 2023, Southwark crown court heard. Ovsiannikov received £76,000 in illicit payments into the HBOS account from…