FILE PHOTO: Katerina Tikhonova, deputy director of the Institute for Mathematical Research of Complex Systems at Moscow State University, daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin, is seen on a screen as she takes part in a session of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 4, 2021. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
LONDON — Britain added Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters to its sanctions list on Friday, mirroring moves by the United States.
An update to the sanctions list announced asset freezes on Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova, who were named in U.S. sanctions on Wednesday as Putin’s two adult daughters.
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