The 11-hour meeting ended in victory for cowardice, and Kabayev was removed from the list.
Sanctions prepared by the US Treasury Department , in particular, against the chairman of the board of directors of the National Media Group Alina Kabayeva were eventually removed from the list of sanctions. The United States feared that Russian President Vladimir Putin would react aggressively. The Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources. and the United States. “
It turned out that the US Treasury Department prepared a set of sanctions, which also included restrictions against Kabayeva, and submitted it to the National Security Council. There, at an 11-hour meeting, the courage was defeated and the name of the former gymnast disappeared from the list. One of the arguments for removing Putin's mistress from the sanctions list was that the sanctions would in no way affect the fighting in Ukraine.
WSJ reporters also said that Kabayeva has three children from Putin. According to them, she allegedly gave birth to her first child in 2015 in Switzerland, and then twins – in 2019 in Moscow. Sources in Washington told the newspaper that Kabayeva was helping the Russian president hide assets abroad.
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Earlier, the US, EU and UK introduced personal sanctions against Putin and his possible daughters Kateryna Tikhonova and Maria Vorontsova .
