Why the U.S. is targeting Putin's daughters Katerina and Maria


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  • Thursday, 07 Apr 2022

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. REUTERSEvgenia Novozhenina

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

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States' latest round of sanctions on Russia includes two new targets: Russian President Vladimir Putin's two adult daughters, Katerina and Maria, who U.S. officials believe are hiding Putin's wealth.

Putin's daughter Katerina Vladimirovna Tikhonova is a tech executive whose work supports the Russian government and its defense industry, according to details in the U.S. sanctions package announced on Wednesday.

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