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Michael J. Abramowitz

Politician · Counter-sanctioned entity

Michael J. Abramowitz is subject to counter-sanctions. Counter-sanctions are designations imposed by countries with weak democratic institutions. They are often punitive responses to foreign sanctions, or can be used to suppress domestic political opposition. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Michael Abramowitz · Michael J. Abramowitz · Майкл АБРАМОВИЧ · Майкл Абрамовиц · 迈克尔·阿布拉莫维茨				[sources]
Alias	Michael J. Abramowitz · 阿布拉莫维茨				[sources]
Birth date	not available				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	United States				[sources]
Citizenship	United States				[sources]
First name	Michael				[sources]
Last name	Abramowitz				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q98701317				[sources]
Position	DIRECTOR, VOICE OF AMERICA, U.S. AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA · президент НПО «Фридом Хаус»				[sources]
Source link	freedomhouse.org				[sources]
Last change	2025-07-03	Last processed	2025-12-30	First seen	2024-05-22

Descriptions

President, Freedom House

— China Sanctions Research non-official source, 2024-05-22

journalist (profile last modified 2018-07-23)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-05-24

Relationships

Sanctions
Country	Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Russia	Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации		-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
DIRECTOR, VOICE OF AMERICA, U.S. AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA	-	-

Data sources

Russia Personal Sanctions Targeting US Citizens2,166

A list of US citizens under personal sanctions by the Russian Federation.

Russia · MFA

US Periodically Listing Updates to Management (PLUM) Reporting13,831

The PLUM Reporting lists federal positions filled by political appointees, Schedule C employees, and other executives.

United States · OPM

China Sanctions Research217

Individuals and organisations targeted by the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, Counter-Measures List and the Unreliable Entities List (UEL).

China · OpenSanctions · non-official source

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Wikidata355,710

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: usplum-9703c9a6db7e76dceebb3f116e5d4e443f317ab8 · ru-mfa-506c0109171d065333b9110981258bb83edac0fa

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