The EU has targeted Vladimir Putin’s daughters in its latest raft of sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.
The move comes shortly after the US announced sanctions against the Russian president’s adult children, Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova, whose mother is Mr Putin’s former wife Lyudmila Shkrebneva.
“We believe that many of Putin’s assets are hidden with family members, and that’s why we’re targeting them,” a senior US official said on Wednesday.
Washington also imposed financial restrictions on the family of Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and on major Russian banks.
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