The Trump administration lifted economic sanctions on the wife of a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, even as it imposed sanctions on six other Russian individuals and entities.
Karina Rotenberg was removed as a sanctioned person on Tuesday by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control. The official government notice of Rotenberg's removal as a sanctioned person did not provide a reason.
Rotenberg, a 46-year-old Russian-born dual citizen of the United States, was placed on OFAC's specially designated nationals list in March 2022 along with her billionaire oligarch husband, Boris Rotenberg, and their sons, Roman and Boris. The action came weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine.
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