28.03.2024

UK Sanctions Putin Circle Including Alleged Girlfriend

Britain on Friday approved 12 members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s «internal circle» charged of concealing corrupt riches in return for significant state positions.

They included his ex-wife Lyudmila Ocheretnaya as well as Alina Kabaeva, a previous Olympic gymnast who the U.K. government said was «alleged to have a close personal partnership with Putin

«We are exposing as well as targeting the unethical network propping up Putin’s luxury lifestyle as well as tightening up the vice on his inner circle,» Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said in a declaration.

«We will certainly maintain choosing sanctions on all those advocating as well as aiding Putin’s hostility up until Ukraine prevails.»

The Kremlin leader’s modest state income and also officially declared properties are hidden by records linking him to a high-end private yacht and also a vast home called «Putin’s Palace,» the U.K. claimed.

His real wide range is hidden by a network of household, childhood friends and also chosen members of the Russian elite that have been appointed to powerful duties «in return for their undying loyalty.»

Others approved Friday consisted of relatives of Putin as well as Alexander Plekhov, a «close friend» that controls the Vital Development Corp.

Britain claimed it had actually now approved more than 1,000 individuals and 100 Russian entities, including oligarchs worth greater than $140 billion considering that Putin purchased the intrusion of Ukraine in late February.

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