The US initially held back on sanctioning Putin's rumored girlfriend as it would be seen as too personal an escalation, report says - Yahoo News

4/25/2022 12:00:00 AM3 yearsago
by Mia Jankowicz

Officials feared sanctioning Alina Kabaeva would exacerbate US-Russia tensions, the WSJ reported. A sanctions package in her name is now on hold.

Vladimir Putin next to Alina Kabaeva during a meeting with the Russian Olympic team at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, in 2004.REUTERS/ITAR-TASS/PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE