The United States imposed sanctions against Alina Kabaeva

The United States has expanded sanctions against Russia. A former athlete, chairman of the board of directors of the National Media Group, Alina Kabaeva was included in the sanctions list. This is stated in a statement by the American Ministry of Finance.

The Skolkovo Foundation, as well as the Moscow Physics and Technical Institute (MIPT), also fell under the restrictions. The sanctions list of individuals were 12 people.

Among them are the co -owner of the Sheremetyevo Airport Alexander Ponomarenko, the owner of the Magnitogorsk Metallurgical Plant Viktor Rashnikov, the head of the “temporary administrations” of Ukrainian territories in the Kherson region and Mariupol Vladimir Saldo and Kirill Stremuzov, the founder of Eurochem and the former co -owner of the trumpetry company in the Kherson region and Mariupol. Dmitry Pumpyansky.

Sanctions against Alina Kabaeva, who is called the mistress of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the mother of three of his children, previously introduced Canada and Great Britain.

The British government claimed that Alina Kabaeva consists with Vladimir Putin in "close relationships". The world media claims that the athlete gave birth to the president of two sons - in 2015 and 2019. The Kremlin did not confirm and did not deny these messages.

As the Wall Street Journal wrote , the US National Security Council previously stopped the introduction of sanctions against Kabaeva. Then the highest American officials feared reactions by Russian President Vladimir Putin and further aggravation of relations with Russia.