EU sanctions 10 Russian officials and judges for human-rights abuses and politically motivated prosecutions, imposing asset freezes and travel bans to hold them accountable for torture, deaths, and repression

The sanctions target high‑level officials in the prison system (Federal Penitentiary Service) in Rostov Oblast — including leaders of Pre‑Trial Detention Centre No. 2 — where detainees (including Ukrainian POWs) reportedly suffered beatings, starvation, denial of medical care, legal assistance, and coercive interrogations. Also sanctioned are members of the Russian judiciary involved in politically motivated prosecutions — including cases against activists and journalists linked to opposition figures…