The Chairman of the State Duma ordered to appeal the US sanctions against Vladislav Reznik after he was cleared by a Spanish court

Leonid Slutskiy, Chairman of the Committee on International Affairs, was instructed to file a claim to the US Senator from Maryland, Ben Cardin, "to demand that he withdraw all initiatives and apologize to Vladislav Reznik"
Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin
Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin

At the plenary meeting, the Chairman of the State Duma Viacheslav Volodin Volodin Vyacheslav Victorovich Volodin
Vyacheslav Victorovich
The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast)
informed that yesterday member of the State Duma Vladislav Reznik Reznik Vladislav Matusovich Reznik
Vladislav Matusovich
was acquitted ”of all charges brought against him by Spanish court” by the final decision of the court.

“You remember that the charges against [Vladislav] Reznik in Spain and the tales of the “Russian mafia” became the basis for sanctions against him in the United States of America,” said Viacheslav Volodin. He reminded that the corresponding report was made by the Senator from Maryland Ben Cardin.

“In this regard, colleagues, let's ask Leonid Slutskiy Slutsky Leonid Eduardovich Slutsky
Leonid Eduardovich
to file a claim to Senator [Ben] Cardin and demand that he withdraw all initiatives and apologize to Vladislav Reznik, taken into account that the court decision came into force. And if the judicial decision still means something in the United States of America, then he is obliged to apologize to our colleague,” said the Chairman of the State Duma.