The United States has sanctioned Russian President Vladimir Putin’s rumoured girlfriend Alina Maratovna Kabaeva in a fresh round of sanctions targeting Russian elites over Moscow’s actions in Ukraine.According to the Treasury Department, the 39-year-old Kabaeva was in a “close relationship to Putin.” She is a former member of the State Duma and is the current head of the National Media Group, a pro-Kremlin empire of television, radio, and print organisations.
“Kabaeva was designated today pursuant to EO 14024 for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or member of the board of directors of the Government of the Russian Federation. Kabaeva has a close relationship to Putin and is the current head of the National Media Group, a pro-Kremlin empire of television, radio, and print organisations. She has also been sanctioned by the EU and the UK,” a Treasury Department statement said on Tuesday (local time).
