Relatives of Alina Kabaeva were also included in the sanctions list.
Putin’s ex-wife and mistress were sanctioned. Photo: collage “Today”
UK imposed sanctions against the former wife of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, his cousins, as well as his mistress Alina Kabaeva. Relatives of Kabaeva were also included in the sanctions list. In addition, Putin’s assets were listed in official documents.
This is stated in a statement on the website of the British government.
“Sanctions hit Putin’s financial network today, including his ex-wife and cousins, increasing pressure on the president and his inner circle. Putin’s official assets are modest, and his lifestyle is funded by a cabal of family, friends and the elite,” the statement said. .
The official documents listed Putin’s assets, including:
- Small apartment in St. Petersburg
- Two Soviet cars from the 1950s
- Trailer and small garage
The sanctions list includes:
- Alina Kabaeva. It is noted that she has a close personal relationship with Putin, and earlier she was a State Duma deputy from Putin’s “United Russia”.
- Anna Zatseplina is the grandmother of Alina Kabaeva and an associate of Gennady Timchenko, a long-time ally of Putin, who has been under British sanctions since February 22, 2022, from whom she received an apartment in Moscow.
- Lyudmila Ocheretnaya – Former first lady of the Russian Federation and ex-wife of Putin. Since her divorce from Putin in 2014, Ocheretnaya has benefited from preferential business relationships with government agencies.
- Igor Putin – President Putin’s cousin and Russian businessman, director of the Pechenga International Seaport.
- Mikhail Putin – Russian businessman and relative of the president. He is deputy head of the board of the SOGAZ insurance company and deputy head of the board of Gazprom.
- Roman Putin – Cousin of the President of the Russian Federation. He is open about his relationship with Putin and notes that this family connection allowed his company, Putin Consulting, to help foreign investors in Russia.
- Mikhail Shelomov is a Russian business owner and Putin’s cousin. Shelomov’s company Accept LLC shares employees with Binom LLC, a firm registered as the owner of Putin’s Palace. Shelomov, through his firm Akcept LLC, is also a shareholder in Bank Rossiya, closely linked to the Kremlin and run by key Putin aides, which was sanctioned by Britain on February 22, 2022.
- Alexander Plekhov is a close friend of Putin. He has benefited from his relationship with Putin, and his Vital Development Corporation has benefited from significant state patronage.
- Mikhail Klishin – Executive Director of Bank Rossiya, member of the Board of Directors of SOGAZ.
- Vladimir Kolbin – the son of a childhood friend and business partner of Putin, Pyotr Kolbin. He received support from the Russian government as the general director of the Gelendzhik Sea Port LLC.
- Yuri Shamalov – son of Nikolai Shamalov and brother of Putin’s former son-in-law Kirill Shamalov. Yuri is part of a new elite of children of Putin’s closest associates and quickly rose to the position of president of Gazfond and member of the board of directors of Gazprombank.
- Viktor Khmarin – Russian lawyer and businessman, friend and relative of Putin by marriage. Khmarin owned a number of enterprises, in particular LLC Nefteproduktservis, which worked in the Russian energy sector.
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Source: Segodnya
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