FT named family members of the Russian elite among the targets of US sanctions

According to FT, usaare preparing sanctions that could cut off people from the president's inner circle from the global financial system,“their family members will no longer be able to keep money in the West and enter elite Western universities”

The United States, together with its allies, has drawn up a list of members of President Vladimir Putin's inner circle who could be sanctioned in the event of a Russian attack on Ukraine, the Financial Times reported, citing senior US administration sources.

“The people we have identified are the Kremlin’s inner circle and influence decision-making at the state level, or at least are involved in the Kremlin’s destabilizing behavior,” one of the sources said. The names of those against whom it is planned to impose sanctions, he did not name. But many are “particularly vulnerable because of their close financial ties to the West.”

Sanctions will cut off those who fall under them from the global financial system, "their family members will no longer be able to save money in the West and enter elite Western universities," he added.

On January 30, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss threatened "Russian oligarchs" and Kremlin-linked companies with sanctions, allowing the confiscation of property. According to her, "the oligarchs associated with Putin and the Russian companies that support the Russian state will have nowhere to hide."

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, in response, suggested that London study the “list of corrupt officials” whom RUSSIA asked to extradite, and the Kremlin called alarming reports of a possible confiscation of the property of Russian businessmen and promised to respond to London’s actions.