The US has imposed new sanctions on Alina Kabaeva and Russian billionaires. Telegram is discussing a new name on the list – Natalia Popova

The US has imposed new sanctions on Alina Kabaeva and Russian billionaires.  Telegram is discussing a new name on the list – Natalia Popova

The US has imposed new sanctions on Alina Kabaeva and Russian billionaires. Telegram is discussing a new name on the list – Natalia Popova

The US has imposed new sanctions on Alina Kabaeva and Russian billionaires.  Telegram is discussing a new name on the list – Natalia Popova

Alina Kabaeva


Yesterday, a new US sanctions list was released. It included six Russian billionaires, including Andrey Melnichenko, the founder of EuroChem, the Olympic champion in rhythmic gymnastics and now the chairman of the board of directors of the National Media Group Alina Kabaeva, as well as the former board member of EuroChem. metallurgical company TMK Dmitry Pumpyansky and Viktor Rashnikov, chairman of the board of directors of Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works and chairman of the Metallurg hockey club. The sanctions against Kabaeva in a press release from the US Treasury justified her “close relationship” with Vladimir Putin.

The list of sanctions included Natalya Popova, Deputy Director General of Innopraktika (Katerina Tikhonova, head of Innopraktika, named after Vladimir Putin’s daughter). Statements from the US Treasury Department say that Popova is on the list because of her relationship with Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund. Popova’s appearance on the sanctions lists was interpreted by the anonymous telegraph channel “Heroine of Tatler” as follows:

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Popova is also the ombudsman in the field of protecting the rights of leading high-tech companies. In March of this year, she talked about the need to reduce the share of imports in this area.

He said in an interview with TASS.

Popova graduated from the Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation and the Lomonosov Moscow State University at the Faculty of Foreign Languages ​​and Regional Studies. She also works as a TV presenter on a number of Innopraktiki media projects, including the Scientists and Science House programs.

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The United States last updated its sanctions lists on June 28, with more than 50 people and more than 110 structures on the list.

Some people on the new list are already under sanctions from other states. For example, in May Kabaeva was included in the sanctions list of Great Britain and Canada, and Andrey Melnichenko was included in the EU sanctions lists.



Source: Spletnik

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