The United States announced sanctions against the children of Russian officials

Under the "sanctions against the elites" imposed by the US authorities in connection with the recognition of the LPR and the DPR, the children of Bortnikov, Fradkov and Kiriyenko, who hold senior positions in VTB, Promsvyazbank and VK, fell under the "sanctions against the elites"

The US Treasury has imposed sanctions against the children of Russian officials, the agency said in a statement. Sanctions are imposed against:

Denis Bortnikov (son of FSB HEAD Alexander Bortnikov). Oleksandr Botnikov was included in various sanctions lists several times, for the first time - in the EU sanctions lists of 2014 in connection with the events in the south-east of Ukraine. Since 2017, his son Denis Bortnikov has served as Deputy President and Chairman of the Management Board of VTB. Petra Fradkov (son of former Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov). Mikhail Fradkov was prime minister from 2004 to 2007, until 2016 he headed the Foreign Intelligence Service. After leaving office, he headed the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies. His son, Petr Fradkov, has been heading the board of Promsvyazbank since September 2018. Prior to that, he worked at VEB for more than 15 years. Both PSB and VEB ended up on the latest US sanctions list, introduced in connection with the situation in Donbass. Vladimir Kiriyenko (son of the first deputy head of the presidential administration, Sergei Kiriyenko). Sergei Kiriyenko is a former prime minister, since October 5, 2016, the first deputy head of the presidential administration. Prior to that, he headed Rosatom for 11 years. His son Vladimir Kiriyenko became the senior vice president for development and business management of Rostelecom in September 2016, and in 2017 he was appointed the company's first vice president. In December 2021, he headed the VK holding (former Mail.ru Group). The representative of the press service of VK declined to comment on the inclusion of Vladimir Kiriyenko in the sanctions list His son Vladimir Kiriyenko became the senior vice president for development and business management of Rostelecom in September 2016, and in 2017 he was appointed the company's first vice president. In December 2021, he headed the VK holding (former Mail.ru Group). The representative of the press service of VK declined to comment on the inclusion of Vladimir Kiriyenko in the sanctions list His son Vladimir Kiriyenko became the senior vice president for development and business management of Rostelecom in September 2016, and in 2017 he was appointed the company's first vice president. In December 2021, he headed the VK holding (former Mail.ru Group). The representative of the press service of VK declined to comment on the inclusion of Vladimir Kiriyenko in the sanctions list

Biden announced sanctions against VEB, sovereign debt and Russian elites Politics

Biden, during a briefing on Ukraine, announced four blocks of sanctions, which will be tightened depending on Moscow's actions. In addition to sanctions against elites, they include restrictions on Russian financial institutions, PSB and VEB banks, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and Russia's sovereign debt. 

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