The sentence decided all members of the Putin family were close to the US financial system and freeze whatever assets they held in the United States.
In the midst of the increasing global charges of Russian war crimes in Ukraine, the United States announced Wednesday a series of new sanctions targeting two adult princesses President Vladimir Mariya Putina (Vorontsova) and Katerina Tikhonova, and said it was a penalty for Russian banks. The British Kingdom piled up assets to freeze against two large banks, a ban on British investment in Russia and promises to end dependence on Russian coal and oil at the end of the year.
The European Union is also expected to immediately take additional steps, including a new investment ban in Russia and the embargo on coal, after surprised evidence recently emerged after retreats by Russian forces from the city of Bucha.
The sentence decided all members of the Putin family were close to the US financial system and freeze whatever assets they held in the United States.
President Joe Biden said the latest sanctions will “destroy.” “I clarify that Russia will pay a severe and direct price for its cruelty in Bucha,” Biden said in a tweet.
Who is Mariya Putina and Katerina Tikhonova?
Mariya Vorontsova and Katerina (or Ekaterina) Tikhonova are in the mid-30s.
According to the list of European commission proposed by individuals and entities for sanctions, Vorontsova, Putin’s oldest son’s daughter, was included because he was the owner of the Nomenko, a company “involved in the largest private investment project in Russia”.
Thus he is considered to benefit from the Russian government and engage in a sector that gives its income.
He was reportedly married to Dutch businessmen.
The list of commissions has his sister Tikhonova is included because “He is currently heading the Innopractics development initiative, funded by the main Russian companies whose Directors are members of the circle in oligarchy close to President Putin”.
Therefore, he also seemed to benefit from the Kremlin and was involved in providing IT income.
According to The Guardian, VoronSova was reported as a specialist rare disease in children.
Tikhonova, an academic who for years competed in the Acrobatic Rock’n’Roll dance dance match, was appointed by 2020 to run an Institute of Artificial Intelligence at Moscow State University.