{"id":1453470,"date":"2022-04-25T19:29:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T23:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1453470"},"modified":"2022-04-25T19:29:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-25T23:29:50","slug":"putins-alleged-girlfriend-spared-from-us-sanctions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putins-alleged-girlfriend-spared-from-us-sanctions\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin\u2019s Alleged Girlfriend Spared From US Sanctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fputins-alleged-girlfriend-spared-from-us-sanctions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1453470&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>As Western leaders impose harsh sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, U.S. officials have declined to sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s alleged partner, Alina Kabaeva, the Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to exclude the 39-year-old former Olympic gold-medalist and Russian Vogue cover model was largely attributed to U.S. officials\u2019 fear that the action may be confrontational enough to endanger efforts for peace negotiations in Ukraine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-withholds-sanctions-on-a-very-close-putin-associate-his-alleged-girlfriend-11650816894\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).<\/p>\n<p>After retiring from gymnastics, Kabaeva entered politics in 2008 and was rumored to have hidden romantic relations with Putin, the WSJ reported. Kabaeva served as a deputy in the Russian State Duma until being appointed as chairwoman of Russia\u2019s National Media Group (NMG), one of the country\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nmg.ru\/en\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">largest<\/a> private media organizations, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.themoscowtimes.com\/2014\/11\/17\/report-reveals-putin-allies-hands-in-major-media-company-a41448\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The Moscow Times.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kabaeva was appointed by Yuri Kovalchuk, the owner of NMG and the largest shareholder of the recently sanctioned Rossiya Bank, the WSJ reported.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the most recent round of sanctions, Kabaeva\u2019s name and photo were removed from the NMG website, the International Business Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/putins-mistress-alina-kabaevas-photo-removed-website-media-empire-she-heads-3465302\">reported<\/a>. Georgy Alburov, an activist and ally of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, claimed on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alburov\/status\/1511689258603585536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1511689258603585536%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibtimes.com%2Fputins-mistress-alina-kabaevas-photo-removed-website-media-empire-she-heads-3465302\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> that the decision to take Kabaeva off the website was largely to help her avoid sanctions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.co.za\/us-held-off-putin-rumored-girlfriend-sanctions-too-personal-wsj-2022-4\">according<\/a> to Business Insider. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/13\/russia-sanctioned-398-members-of-congress-heres-how-they-reacted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Russia Sanctioned 398 Members of Congress. Here\u2019s How They Reacted)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u26a1 Looks like we\u2019ve managed to get Alina Kabaeva fired in just one day. Her profile was deleted from the NMG website. Yesterday, when I posted the thread in Russian, Kabaeva\u2019s profile was there. Now it\u2019s gone.<br \/>Hahah, they actually believe this will help them avoid the sanctions\ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZJedBVy4gC\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZJedBVy4gC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EX8Ns62qAZ\">pic.twitter.com\/EX8Ns62qAZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0413\u0435\u043e\u0440\u0433\u0438\u0439 \u0410\u043b\u0431\u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432 (@alburov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alburov\/status\/1511689258603585536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 6, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Alburov also called for U.S. lawmakers to impose sanctions on Kabaeva expressing concern over her role in helping the Kremlin hide Putin\u2019s wealth and international assets, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/vladimir-putin-alleged-girlfriend-alina-kabaeva-us-sanctions-ukraine-war\/\">according<\/a> to CBS News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">They literally got afraid that Putin would \u201creact aggressively\u201d. What can he do in response to sanctions against the mother of his 3 children that he hasn\u2019t already done? Bomb a children\u2019s theater? Kill hundreds of civilians somewhere near Kiev? Order his soldiers to rape women?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0413\u0435\u043e\u0440\u0433\u0438\u0439 \u0410\u043b\u0431\u0443\u0440\u043e\u0432 (@alburov) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alburov\/status\/1518531621615456256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While much of Putin and Kabaeva\u2019s relationship is yet to be confirmed, Kabaeva has allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/06\/putin-hides-mistress-children-switzerland-alina-kabaeva\/\">mothered four<\/a> of Putin\u2019s children. She is also believed to have retreated to a secure location in Switzerland and only recently made a rare public appearance at gymnastics festival named in her honor where she participated in the opening ceremony, Newsweek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/putin-rumored-mistress-alina-kabaeva-public-appearance-moscow-ukraine-war-1700081\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has levied penalties against many individuals with close ties to the Kremlin, including Putin\u2019s two adult daughters from his first marriage, Maria Vorontsova, 36, and Katerina Tikhonova, 35, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/06\/meet-putins-daughters-who-face-us-sanctions-over-ukraine-war\/\">according<\/a> to the New York Post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Western leaders impose harsh sanctions on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, U.S. officials have declined to sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s alleged partner, Alina Kabaeva, the Wall Street<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":716,"featured_media":1480455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1453470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1453470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1453470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1480455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1453470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1453470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1453470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}