New Delhi: The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on for 43 days now and has brought up major differences between America and Russia.
The US has imposed several economic sanctions on Russia in recent days. Now America is targeting the daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The White House also announced sanctions on Russia’s top public and private banks on Wednesday, along with Putin’s daughters.
The new sanctions target Putin’s ex-wife Lyudmila Shkrevneva and two daughters Maria and Katerina. Here’s all you need to know about these sanctions:
Why is US targeting Putin’s daughters?
A couple of new targets have been added to the latest US sanctions against Russia amid the war in Ukraine – Russia’s chief Vladimir Putin’s daughters Maria and Katerina, whom US officials believe are hiding President Vladimir Putin’s wealth.
The US believes that Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova leads government-funded programs that have received billions of dollars for genetics research from the Kremlin and are personally overseen by Putin.
Charges against Putin’s daughters
According to the news agency Reuters, America said that they have reason to believe that Putin and many of his allies and oligarchs hide their wealth. An official said on condition of anonymity that we believe that many of Putin’s assets are hidden with family members. That’s why we are targeting them.
However, Reuters correspondents were not immediately able to reach Putin’s daughters, his representatives, or the Kremlin for comment.
Sanctions announced on Wednesday also included the name of daughter and wife of Russian foreign affairs minister Sergei Lavrov. United states have further also disallowed Americans from investing in Russian financial institutions.
Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in February that the sanctions against Putin himself were meaningless. He has no property other than legitimate property.
