The sanctions targeting Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova mean all of Putin's close family members are now cut off from U.S. financial systems.
The sanctions targeting Maria Vorontsova and Katerina Tikhonova will freeze any assets they have in the U.S., the Associated Press reported. An anonymous U.S. officialjournalist John Hudson that the U.S. has reason to believe that Vorontsova and Tikhonova have assets in the U.S., stating,"We believe that many of Putin's assets are hidden with family members and that's why we're targeting them.
The move means all of Putin's close family members are now cut off from U.S. financial systems, according to the AP. A statement from the White House said the U.S., Group of Seven nations and the are imposing"severe and immediate economic costs" following the"atrocities" Putin's regime has committed in Ukraine, specifically citing Ukrainian reports of mass killings in the city of Bucha.
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