The United States imposed sanctions against Gref and the State Duma

The United States, following the UK, imposed sanctions against the HEAD of Sberbank German Gref, State Duma deputies and the State Duma itself as an institution. This was reported on the website of the US Treasury.

US President Joseph Biden tweeted that more than 400 "Russian elites, lawmakers and defense companies" are under sanctions. “They personally benefit from the Kremlin’s policies, and they should share the pain,” Biden said.

The new sanctions list includes 328 State Duma deputies, as well as the lower house of parliament itself, 48 Russian defense companies and enterprises, including repair technical plants, as well as the Lena yacht, registered in the British Virgin Islands, “connected”, as the US Treasury Department says, with Gennady Timchenko.

The United States imposed sanctions against deputies before. In particular, on March 12, restrictions were imposed on 12 deputies, including the speaker of the chamber Vyacheslav Volodin and the head of the Communist Party faction, for "efforts to recognize" the Donetsk and Luhansk people's republics. Taking into account the fact that the State Duma as an organization is now included in the US sanctions list, the corresponding restrictions apply to all of its 450 deputies.