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Marekani imesema inaamini Mali nyingi za Rais wa Urusi, Vladimir Putin zimefichwa na Wanafamilia. Kauli hiyo inakuja kufuatia vikwazo vipya vilivyotangazwa dhidi ya Watu wa karibu wa Putin wakiwemo Mabinti zake wawili
Taarifa ya Marekani imemtaja Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova kama Mkurugenzi kwenye Masuala ya Teknolojia ambaye kazi yake inasaidia Serikali ya Urusi na Sekta ya Ulinzi
Binti mwingine wa Putin, Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova anatajwa kuongoza Programu zinazofadhiliwa na Serikali ambazo zimepokea mabilioni ya Dola
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The US has imposed sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle, including his daughters
The list also includes the family of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and major banks
The measures follow new revelations of atrocities by Russian troops in Ukraine, including images of bodies of civilians scattered on the streets of Bucha, near the capital Kyiv
Russia says, without evidence, the images are staged by Kyiv officials
Even though satellite images have shown the civilians were killed when Russians were in control of Bucha, Mr Putin on Wednesday described the event as a "crude and cynical provocation by the Kyiv regime"
Referring to the Bucha murders, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday: "There's nothing less happening than major war crimes."
"Responsible nations have to come together to hold these perpetrators accountable," Mr Biden added
The US said that Mr Putin's daughters, Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova, were being put under sanctions "for being the adult children of Putin, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked"
The announcement described Ms Tikhonova as "a tech executive whose work supports the GoR [Russian government] and defense industry".
Her sister, Ms Vorontsova, it went on, "leads state-funded programs that have received billions of dollars from the Kremlin toward genetics research and are personally overseen by Putin"
Asked why the US was targeting Mr Putin's daughters, a senior Biden administration official said the US thought they could be in control of some of their father's assets
"We have reason to believe that Putin, and many of his cronies, and the oligarchs, hide their wealth, hide their assets, with family members that place their assets and their wealth in the US financial system, and also many other parts of the world," the official said.
"We believe that many of Putin's assets are hidden with family members, and that's why we're targeting them."
The US sanctions announced by the White House include:
The European Union is also debating cutting off Russian coal imports as concern over alleged war crimes increases
Before the new raft of sanctions was announced in Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he could not "tolerate any indecisiveness"
Speaking to the Irish parliament on Wednesday, he said there was still a need to convince some in Europe who believe "war and war crimes are not as horrific as financial losses" to back tougher sanctions
He added that "Russian oil cannot feed the Russian military machine", with Ukraine's foreign minister arguing on Twitter that an embargo on gas and oil was needed to truly impact Russia's ability to finance the war.
Source: BBC
Taarifa ya Marekani imemtaja Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova kama Mkurugenzi kwenye Masuala ya Teknolojia ambaye kazi yake inasaidia Serikali ya Urusi na Sekta ya Ulinzi
Binti mwingine wa Putin, Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova anatajwa kuongoza Programu zinazofadhiliwa na Serikali ambazo zimepokea mabilioni ya Dola
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The US has imposed sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle, including his daughters
The list also includes the family of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and major banks
The measures follow new revelations of atrocities by Russian troops in Ukraine, including images of bodies of civilians scattered on the streets of Bucha, near the capital Kyiv
Russia says, without evidence, the images are staged by Kyiv officials
Even though satellite images have shown the civilians were killed when Russians were in control of Bucha, Mr Putin on Wednesday described the event as a "crude and cynical provocation by the Kyiv regime"
Referring to the Bucha murders, US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday: "There's nothing less happening than major war crimes."
"Responsible nations have to come together to hold these perpetrators accountable," Mr Biden added
The US said that Mr Putin's daughters, Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova, were being put under sanctions "for being the adult children of Putin, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked"
The announcement described Ms Tikhonova as "a tech executive whose work supports the GoR [Russian government] and defense industry".
Her sister, Ms Vorontsova, it went on, "leads state-funded programs that have received billions of dollars from the Kremlin toward genetics research and are personally overseen by Putin"
Asked why the US was targeting Mr Putin's daughters, a senior Biden administration official said the US thought they could be in control of some of their father's assets
"We have reason to believe that Putin, and many of his cronies, and the oligarchs, hide their wealth, hide their assets, with family members that place their assets and their wealth in the US financial system, and also many other parts of the world," the official said.
"We believe that many of Putin's assets are hidden with family members, and that's why we're targeting them."
The US sanctions announced by the White House include:
- economic measures to ban new investment in Russia
- severe financial sanctions on Russia's largest private bank, Alfa Bank, and its largest financial institution, Sberbank
- sanctions on critical major state-owned enterprises
- sanctions on Russian government officials and their family members
The European Union is also debating cutting off Russian coal imports as concern over alleged war crimes increases
Before the new raft of sanctions was announced in Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he could not "tolerate any indecisiveness"
Speaking to the Irish parliament on Wednesday, he said there was still a need to convince some in Europe who believe "war and war crimes are not as horrific as financial losses" to back tougher sanctions
He added that "Russian oil cannot feed the Russian military machine", with Ukraine's foreign minister arguing on Twitter that an embargo on gas and oil was needed to truly impact Russia's ability to finance the war.
Source: BBC