U.S. Withholds Sanctions on a Very Close Putin Associate: His Alleged Girlfriend - The Wall Street Journal

Officials have a sanctions package ready, but they continue to weigh the potential backlash for blacklisting the 39-year-old former Olympic gymnast. The U.S. government says she is the mother of at least three of President Vladimir Putin’s children.

Several weeks have passed since the U.S. and its allies first imposed sanctions on Russias biggest companies and its business and political leaders, all the way up to President Vladimir Putin. Yet o… [+184 chars]

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