Man known as ‘Putin’s wallet’ among latest names on EU sanctions list
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from World news | The Guardian on (#5WKY2)
Sergei Roldugin, 71, godfather to the president's daughter, is one of 26 new additions to 680-strong list
A Russian oligarch who the EU said is known in Moscow as Putin's wallet" is one of 26 businessmen, officials and military figures who have been added to the bloc's expanding sanctions list.
Sergei Roldugin, 71, godfather to Vladimir Putin's eldest daughter, Maria, and principal cellist of the Kirov Opera Theatre's orchestra in the 1980s, is among those who it is claimed are threatening the territorial integrity of Ukraine.
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