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The U.S. announced new sanctions Thursday on Rus stanley cup sian oligarchs and elites, including some of the richest men in Europe and their families, as well as penalties targeting more Kremlin officials, businessmen linked to President Vladimir Putin and their yachts, aircraft and firms that manage them.The latest U.S. penalties imposed over Russia s invasion of Ukraine also include Sergei Roldugin, considered a custodian of Putin s offshore wealth.Also included in the announcement by the departments of Treasury, State and Commerce are sanctions on God Nisanov, one of the richest men in Europe, and Alexey Mordashov, one of Russia s wealt stanley cup hiest billionaires, along with his wife and two adult children. The actions are part of President Joe Biden s promise, after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February, to pursue Russian elites ill-gotten gains. Russia s elites, up to and including President Putin, rely on complex support networks to hide, move, and maintain their wealth and luxury assets, Brian Nelson, undersecretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial Intelligence, said in a statement. We will continue to enforc stanley mug e our sanctions and expose the corrupt systems by which President Putin and his elites enrich themselves, he said.Imperial Yachts SARL, a Monaco-based yacht brokerage and yachts including the Russia-flagged Graceful and Cayman Islands-flagged Olympia, are identified as blocked property connected to Putin. Jkwa On 9/11 anniversary, politics take backseat
This story was written by Kat Murti, Daily CalifornianStill driven by Obama-mania weeks after the presidential election, Susanne Stolzenberg perused politically motivated shirts at a Telegraph Avenue street stand in search of an Obama shirt.Stolzenberg, a second-year UC Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law student, said global excitement surrounding the election inspired her to purchase a shirt for her goddaughter in Germany. There s a lot of excitement around Obama in Europe, and I think she ll really like the shirt, Stolzenberg said. Three weeks after the general election, stands and shops in stanley thermos mug Berkeley continue to stock Barack Obama shirts and other paraphernalia in support of his ca stanley quencher mpaign. Filthy Dripped, a store on Telegraph Avenue that carries Obama shirts, including a custom-designed one, only had a handful left over from the election season. Co-owner Ronald Thompson said the store may stock another custom-designed Obama shirt celebrating his victory. Everyone wants a shirt with Obama on it, Thompson said. Some said that the continued post-election popularity of Obama shirts may be owed to fashion rather than political conviction. There are some people who are purchasing Obama shirts after the fact ... An Obama shirt is almost a fashion item, stanley drink bottle said sophomore Timothy Cho, a member of the Berkeley College Republicans. I think the majority are supporters who have been wearing them a |
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