• White House announced blocking sanctions on  Yuri Kovalchuck, who is known as ‘Putin’s banker’
  • He owns shares in a media group chaired by former gymnast Alina Kabaeva, who is rumored to have a long-running affair with Putin
  • It comes as Treasury sanctioned more individuals, including billionaire Viktor Vekselberg
  •  It also designated family members of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov who the government said lived ‘luxurious lifestyles’
  • Includes Peskov’s wife, Tatiana Aleksandrovna Navka, who won Olympic Gold in ice dancing and has property worth $10 million