UK Sanctions ‘Friends’ Supporting Putin’s ‘Luxury Lifestyle’
- Putin’s ex-wife, cousins, added to list of sanctioned people
- Britain has punished more than 1,000 Russians, 100 entities
Vladimir Putin and his former wife Lyudmila in 2012.
Photographer: Alexei Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images
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The UK ramped up its sanctions on Russia, targeting friends and family members it said were helping to prop up President Vladimir Putin’s “luxury lifestyle.”