Ratcheting up the pain: Now, it’s personal! Now we are coming for your children.

BBC:

Vladimir Putin’s daughter Katerina Tikhonova works in academia and business

The US has imposed sanctions against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, including his daughters.The list also includes the family of Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and major banks.

The US said that Mr Putin’s daughters, Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova and Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova, were being put under sanctions „for being the adult children of Putin, a person whose property and interests in property are blocked“.

Guardian:

The president was tearful as he took the stage at North America’s Building trades union legislative conference, talking of the “horrifying atrocities” coming to light in Ukraine.

“I’m sure you’ve seen the pictures from Bucha and outside of Kyiv, bodies left in streets as Russian troops withdrew, some shot in the back of the head with their hands tied behind their backs, civilians executed in cold blood, bodies dumped into mass graves, a sense of brutality and humanity left for all the world to see unapologetically,” Biden said.

“There’s nothing less happening than major war crimes. Responsible nations have to come together to hold these perpetrators accountable. And together with our allies and our partners, we’re going to keep raising the economic cost and ratchet up the pain for Putin and further increase Russia’s economic isolation.”

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