Bloomberg: EU mulls sanctions against Putin's daughters

EU officials are discussing the possibility of adding Katerina Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova, alleged daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin, to the new sanctions list. Bloomberg writes about this, citing sources.

As the agency notes, this is more of a "symbolic gesture", since the significant assets of Tikhonova and Vorontsova outside Russia are unknown, but it is intended to "attract the attention" of Putin.

also tweeted about the likelihood of including the alleged daughters of the Russian president in the sanctions list . Lawrence Norman, a European correspondent for The Wall Street Journal,

The United States, as part of new sanctions against Russia, wants to expand restrictions on financial institutions, in particular, against VTB Bank and Sberbank, writes The Wall Street Journal. Both banks were already on the US sanctions list in February.

Updated . The United States will impose new sanctions on Russia on April 6, said White House press secretary Jen Psaki . The sanctions will affect financial institutions, officials and investments in Russia.

• Western countries have decided to impose new sanctions against Russia after reports of the killing of civilians in the city of Bucha and other settlements in the Kyiv region, where until recently the Russian military was stationed. Russia denies any involvement in the killings of Bucha residents.
• On April 4, the White House announced that it would announce new sanctions against Russia this week. new restrictions On April 5, the European Commission announced . Among its proposals (they must be approved by the authorities of the EU member states) are a ban on transactions with four Russian banks, including VTB, and the expansion of sanctions against individuals from the Russian Federation.