Putin’s Romantic Lover Sanctioned by U.S

According to a report on August 2nd, the latest round of U.S. sanction towards Russian Elites includes one woman named Alina Kabaeva, who, according to media, is Vladimir Putin’s long-time romantic partner.
Kabaeva was an Olympic gymnast and a former member of the Russian State Duma. The U.S. Treasury Department confirmed on Tuesday that the government has frozen her visa and assets. It also disclosed that Kabaeva now is in charge of a Russian propagandist media, which advocated Russia’s invasion to Ukraine.
The British Government had sanctioned Kabaeva in May and the EU had restricted her travel and assets in June. In April, Putin’s adult daughters Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Voronzova had been sanctioned by the U.S. as well.
Christian Contardo, a former Treasury attorney now at Lowenstein Sandler LLP mentioned, “What we’ve seen is that the US government has identified that a lot of oligarchs are using family as a way to evade sanctions.”
Furthermore, U.S. State Department reported that the visas of 893 Russian Federation Officials, including those of the Russian Federation Committee and military personnel, will all be frozen soon.
Antony Blinken, Secretary of State, again emphasized United States’ support for the “brave people of Ukraine and will continue to promote accountability for President Putin and his cronies whose actions have caused so much suffering and destruction in Ukraine.”