The U.S. Treasury Department announced on Thursday (2) that new names associated with Russian President Vladimir Putin have been included on the sanctions list, increasing pressure for Moscow to end its occupation of Ukraine.
One of those affected is cellist Sergei Pavlovich Roldugin, who has been a very close friend of Putin’s “for more than 40 years” and his “fund manager” is a “member” of a system that manages his “offshore wealth”. By the end of February, Roldugin had already been included in a sanctions list by the European Union (EU).
His wife, soprano Elena Mirtova, is also on the list today, which means freezing potential US assets and blocking access to the US market.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova and steel tycoon Alexei Mordashov, “one of Russia’s richest millionaires”, who is currently in the limelight of the EU, have been placed on the Foreign Ministry’s negative list. Both are banned from entering the United States.
The sanctions also affect many large yachts such as “Graceful”, “Olympia”, “Shellest” and “Nega” that are allegedly used by Putin.
Imperial Yachts, a provider of superyacht services “to members of the Russian elite, including President Putin’s inner circle,” is also on the US Treasury list; As well as San Marino-based Skyline Aviation.
The treasury said in a statement that these are “key networks used by Russia’s elite, including President Vladimir Putin himself, to hide, move money, and enjoy luxury goods around the world anonymously.”
However, the note adds that Russia has managed to avoid unprecedented Western sanctions since its invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
source: Noticias
