The United States said Thursday it would bar the entry of Chechnya's prime minister for allegedly orchestrating human rights violations in the Russian republic.
Under a US law that requires action against foreign officials over human rights concerns, the United States announced that Chairman Muslim Khuchiyev and his immediate family will be ineligible for US visas if they apply.
The State Department said in a statement that it had "credible information that Muslim Khuchiyev was involved in torture."