Australia has slapped financial sanctions and travel bans on three Russian security service agents involved in the poisoning of a prominent pro-democracy activist Vladimir Kara-Murza.
A further 10 people, including a Russian deputy minister linked to the politically motivated arrest, trial and sentencing of the activist have also been sanctioned.
Mr Kaza-Murza survived two near-fatal poisoning attempts in 2015 and 2017, before being sentenced to 25 years behind bars under laws that prohibit criticism of Russia's armed forces.
