Crypto exchange Binance has blocked cryptocurrency accounts of relatives of Kremlin officials.
From now on, they will not be able to use their accounts to sell, purchase or transfer crypto assets.
This was announced in his telegram by the Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov.
According to him, pages are blocked:
- Polina Kovaleva, stepdaughter of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov;
- Elizaveta Peskova, daughter of President Vladimir Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov;
- Kirill Malofeev, son of tycoon Konstantin Malofeev, who is under OFAC sanctions and, according to the media, is associated with the theft of bitcoins from the WEX exchange.
Recall that US President Joe Biden said that new sanctions would be imposed against Russian oligarchs. The head of the White House emphasized that the property of the Russian kleptocracy should be confiscated, and the oligarchs themselves should be held accountable.
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