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The US includes the daughters of the Russian president in a new round of sanctions


The atrocities against civilians in Bucha, the town on the outskirts of the capital of Ukrainehave revealed the most brutal face of the war open ago 42 days by Russia in your neighboring country. They have also promoted a new round of sanctions coordinated between United Statesthe European Union and the G-7punishments to which this Wednesday Washington has given the starting signal, which has announced the intensification of the financial blockade of Russia and the inclusion among those directly sanctioned of the two adult daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Three days after the US president, Joe Biden, appealed to what was seen in Bucha to once again denounce “war crimes” and announced that it would respond with more sanctions, the White House has detailed what they will consist of. And one of the central elements is block completely from the American financial system to SberbankRussia’s largest financial institution, and Alpha Bank, its largest private bank. The two entities had already seen their activities limited in USA in a previous round of sanctions but now they are totally excluded.

This Wednesday, Biden also signs a executive order what prohibits any new investment in Russia by any US citizen. “This will further isolate Russia from the global economy” and “ensure a lasting weakening of global competitiveness” Russian as assured by the White House, which has underlined that there has already been an “exodus” of the private sector and has recalled that more than 600 multinationals have already left Russia.

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Putin’s daughters

What Washington is also trying to do is tighten the siege on Putin, whose fortune is estimated high but is also an enigma, and whose assets are difficult to identify and locate. For now, this Wednesday, Washington has included for the first time in its sanctions the two adult daughters that the Russian president had with his first wife, flight attendant Lyudmila Shkrebneva: Maria Putina (or Maria Vorontosova), which according to a recent article in Washington Post is a genetic researcher, and Katerina Tikhonovawho was deputy director of a mathematical institute at Moscow State University.

US sanctions on Putin’s two daughters, who are expected to be replicated by eu punishments that could come into force this Friday, cuts both off from all access to the US financial system. It also freezes any property they have in the US, although it is unknown if they have assets in the country. Europe is estimated to do the same and will veto Putin’s daughters from entering the countries of the Union.

The round of US sanctions also includes the wife and daughter of Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, and members of the Russian Security Council such as the former president Dmitry Medvedev and the prime minister, Mikhail Mishustin. “These individuals have enriched at the expense of the Russian people. Some are responsible for providing necessary support to prop up war of Putin in Ukraine,” the White House said.

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Everything comes in the wake of another measure that was already announced on Monday, for which forbidden to Russia use funds you hold in US banks to deal with debt payments. Although Moscow will be able to use funds that are outside US jurisdiction, the White House believes that its status as a global pariah nation and that the Kremlin “will have to choose between drawing its available funds to make debt payments or suspend payments”. The Biden Administration also estimates that Russian citizens will suffer a setback of decades in their life parameters.


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