Russian President Vladimir Putin chairs a gathering on agriculture through a video hyperlink on the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence exterior Moscow on April 5, 2022.
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WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday introduced it could impose a new slate of sanctions on Russia that features first-time sanctions on the 2 adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Katerina Tikhonovna and Maria Putina, who’re in their 30’s, are not often seen in public and virtually by no means talked about by their father. The Kremlin has solely ever recognized them by their first names.
“We imagine that lots of Putin’s belongings are hidden with relations, and that is why we’re concentrating on them,” mentioned a senior administration official who spoke on background to preview the sanctions.
In addition to Putin’s daughters, the U.S. will sanction Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s spouse and daughter. Former President and Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin can be sanctioned as effectively, the White House introduced.
Beyond particular person designations, President Joe Biden will signal a new government order prohibiting any new investment in Russia by Americans, which can apply to each U.S. residents and people residing overseas.
Two of Russia’s largest banks, Sberbank and Alfa Bank can even be subjected to full blocking sanctions for the primary time, albeit with carve outs for power purchases.
Several main Russian state enterprises are being positioned beneath full blocking sanctions, the White House mentioned, with particular entities to be introduced later this week by the Treasury Department.
The new sanctions are being coordinated with members of the G-7 group of developed economies and the European Union, a part of an effort to maximise their impression and decrease alternatives for the Kremlin to evade them, mentioned the senior administration official.
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