A new chapter of US sanctions targeting the Russian elite, including a woman mentioned in the news report as an old romantic partner Vladimir Putin.
The Ministry of Finance said on Tuesday that the government had frozen the Alina Kabaeva visa, an Olympic gymnast in his youth and a former member of the State of Duma, and imposed other property restrictions. The department said he was also the Head of the Russian National Media Company who promoted the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Kremlin critics and Russian rights campaigners Alexey Navalny have called for sanctions against Kabaeva, saying the news outlet leads in describing Western comments about invasion as a disinformation campaign.
Kabaeva approved by the British in May and the European Union imposed a trip and restrictions on assets to him in June.
Also named in the latest Treasury sanction package is Andrey Grigoryevich Gurev, an oligarchy who has The Witanhurst Estate, a 25 bedroom mansion which is the second largest plantation in London after Buckingham Palace.
Yacht worth $ 120 million, Alfa Nero, was also identified as a blocked property. What was also approved was his son Andrey Andreevich Gurev and his son’s investment company Russia Dzhi Ai Invest Ooo.
When innocent people suffer from the Russian illegal aggression war, Putin’s ally has enriching themselves and funding a luxurious lifestyle,” Finance Minister Janet Yellen said in a statement.
Together with our allies, the United States will also continue to eliminate the income and equipment that supports the Russian War that is not provoked in Ukraine.”
The Department of Foreign Affairs also imposed restrictions on additional visas and other sanctions.
In April, the US imposed sanctions on Putin’s adult daughter, Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontso