The "Guantanamo List" () is the list of US politicians and citizens barred from entry into Russia for being responsible for human rights abuses, primarily in Guantanamo Bay detention camp, a "symmetric response" to the Magnitsky List.
History
Initially the list, compiled in December 2012, contained 11 US officials responsible for running the Guantanamo prison. The Russian law to match the Magnitsky Act was signed by Vladimir Putin on January 28, 2012. In January 2013 Aleksey Pushkov, a Russian Parliamentarian, announced that the list had been expanded to 60 people, to include people related to the prosecution of Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, a prosecution which was described as politically motivated, and of a Russian drug dealer Konstantin Yaroshenko, allegedly kidnapped by the US in Liberia.
In April 2013, an expanded list was published to include 18 US officials, four of whom were connected with Guantanamo and 12 who were declared responsible for human rights violations of Russian citizens abroad.
In July 2014, the Guantanamo list was further expanded with 10 people responsible for Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse and 2 more related to Guantanamo, a symmetric response to the American List of individuals sanctioned during the Ukrainian crisis.
List of banned people
The people banned from Russia are listed below: US officials accused of involvement in legalizing torture and indefinite detention of prisoners: David Addington, Chief of Staff to Vice President Dick Cheney (2005–2009) John Yoo, Assistant US Attorney General in the Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice (2001–2003) Geoffrey D. Miller, retired US Army Major General, commandant of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), the organization that runs the Guantanamo Bay detention camps (2002–2003) Jeffrey Harbeson, US Navy officer, commandant of JTF-GTMO (2010–2012)
The Russian lawmakers also banned several U.S. officials involved in the prosecution and trial of Russian arms smuggler Viktor Bout and drug smuggler Konstantin Yaroshenko, both serving prison time in the United States: Jed Rakoff, Senior US District Judge for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Michael J. Garcia, former US Attorney for the Southern District of New York Brendan R. McGuire, Assistant US Attorney Anjan S. Sahni, Assistant US Attorney Christian R. Everdell, Assistant US Attorney Jenna Minicucci Dabbs, Assistant US Attorney Christopher L. Lavigne, Assistant US Attorney Michael Max Rosensaft, Assistant US Attorney Louis J. Milione, Special Agent, US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Sam Gaye, Senior Special Agent, US DEA Robert F. Zachariasiewicz, Special Agent, US DEA Derek S. Odney, Special Agent, US DEA Gregory A. Coleman, Special Agent, US Federal Bureau of Investigation