Washington, Aug 3 (AP) The US has imposed fresh sanctions on a select few of Russia’s elite, including the alleged girlfriend of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The US Treasury Department said on Tuesday that US President Joe Biden’s administration has frozen the visas of former Olympic gymnast and former member of the State Duma (the lower house of the Russian parliament) Alina Kabaeva and imposed sanctions on her assets. Have given.
The ministry said Kabaeva is also the head of a Russian media company that supports the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Putin’s critic Alexei Navalny has long been demanding sanctions against Kabaeva. He said that Kabaeva’s media company has taken the lead in portraying Western remarks about the Russian invasion of Ukraine as a propaganda campaign.
Britain approved sanctions against Kabaeva in May. At the same time, in June, the European Union announced a travel and property ban on him.
The US Treasury has also imposed sanctions on Andrey Grigoryevich Gurev, who owns the Wittenhurst estate. The twenty-five-room Wittenhurst Estate is the second largest palace in London after Buckingham Palace. His $120 million yacht, the Alfa Nero, is also under sanctions. Sanctions have also been imposed on Andrey’s son.
Earlier, in April, the US imposed sanctions on both Putin’s daughters-Katrina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova.
The sanctions have also been imposed on the Russian steel maker Publixno Aktsianerno Obschestvo Magnitogorsky Metallurgiceshki Kombinat, also known as MMK.
Apart from this, sanctions have also been imposed on 893 Russian Federation officials, according to the US State Department. Russia’s top military officials are also included in these officers. The visas of all these officers will be frozen.
In a statement, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said, “Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine has left innocent people in dire straits, while Putin’s allies have enriched themselves and lived extremely luxurious lives. are.
AP Ravi Kant Simmi
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