Great Britain imposed sanctions on Viktor Medvedchukʼs wife Oksana Marchenko, relatives of Russian oligarchs, as well as on four companies associated with Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov.
This is stated in a government document dated April 12.
In the sanction list are the following people: the father of the deputy of State Duma and oligarch Andriy Skoch — Volodymyr Skoch; Skochʼs daughter Varvara; the wife of Russian oligarch Volodymyr Yevtushenkov Nataliia and their children; Tetyana and Felix Yevtushenkov.
Restrictions were also imposed on the daughter of a member of the Federation Council from Dagestan Gulnara Kerimova, oligarch Suleyman Kerimov, and on a probable relative of Kerimov Nariman Gajiev.
The list also includes corporate lawyers of oligarch Alisher Usmanov and Roman Abramovich. From now on, the property and funds of those who are under sanctions are frozen in Britain.
The USM holding and the companies Curzon Square Limited and Hanley Limited, which are related to Usmanov, and Meritservus HC Limited, which is related to Abramovich, were under sanctions.
- Oksana Marchenko is a former TV presenter, the wife of Putinʼs godfather Viktor Medvedchuk. The couple owns a business in Crimea, which appeared there already after the Russian annexation, Marchenko has a construction company in Russia, fuel from its other Russian plant was used to refuel tanks in "L/DPR". In Ukraine, the courts seized the assets of her companies, which transferred millions of sums to the accounts of the Russian Guard in the occupied Crimea, Oblenergo shares, residential buildings in Kyiv and Crimea, three plots of land in the Lviv region, and additional assets that were managed from Russia.
- On February 19, 2021, Ukraine imposed sanctions against Medvedchuk and Marchenko due to their financing of terrorism. Actually, Marchenko is suspected of financing the overthrow of the constitutional order.
- On April 11, 2023, the Security Service of Ukraine declared Oksana Marchenko wanted. She is accused of financing actions aimed at overthrowing the government.