New US Sanctions Target Russia-Linked Yachts, Jets, and Putin's Money Manager

The Facts

• The US Treasury Dept. on Thurs announced a new round of sanctions against five Russians connected to Putin, including Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova and Putin's money manager, Sergei Roldugin, who is also godfather to one of Putin's daughters.
  

  Daily Mail
• The sanctions also target "Putin-linked yachts and Kremlin aligned yacht brokerages." These include the Graceful, flagged in Russia, and the Olympia, flagged in the Cayman Islands, a yacht Putin has taken trips on with Belarusian Pres. Alyaksandr Lukashenka, a man also designated by the Treasury as corrupt.
  

  NBC
• The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also sanctioned Imperial Yachts SARL, a Kremlin-aligned yacht brokerage company, and Yury Slyusar, the president of United Aircraft Corporation, a Russian state-owned company that makes military aircraft.
  

  NBC