BBC: The UK has imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's former wife and his alleged current girlfriend over the invasion of Ukraine.
Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, who was married to the president until 2014, and former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabaeva, face UK travel bans and asset freezes.
The UK has now placed more than 1,000 people on its Russian sanctions list.
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said Britain was "tightening the vice" on Mr Putin's "inner circle".
The UK was "exposing and targeting the shady network propping up Putin's luxury lifestyle", she said, and would "keep going with sanctions on all those aiding and abetting Putin's aggression until Ukraine prevails".
Ms Truss said sanctions against Russia should only be lifted when all of its troops had left Ukraine. » | Patrick Jackson, BBC News | Friday, May 13, 2022
