US imposes sanctions against the daughters of Putin and Lavrov

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The United States announced new sanctions against Russian financial institutions and individuals. The adult daughters of Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov fell under the sanctions.

Lavrov's wife also fell under the sanctions. It is reported by CNN .

According to a representative of the administration of US President Joe Biden, sanctions have also been imposed against the largest financial institutions of the Russian Federation, Sberbank and Alfa-Bank.

Today, we are sharply amplifying the financial shock by imposing full blocking sanctions on Russia's largest financial institution, Sberbank, and its largest private bank, Alfa Bank, a US administration official said.

The new sanctions package will ban all new investment in Russia, increase sanctions against financial institutions and state-owned enterprises in Russia, and impose sanctions on Russian government officials and their family members.