Washington to sanction Russian oligarchs and politicians on Thursday

The United States will announce Thursday

and

, announced Tuesday national security adviser Jake Sullivan, on his way with Joe Biden to Europe.

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The American president must participate in several international summits in Brussels on Thursday, before going to Poland on Friday and Saturday.

Jake Sullivan also said, during an exchange with the press aboard Air Force One, that the G7 countries would launch an

to ensure that Russia could not circumvent the sanctions which have already been imposed on it .

imposed following the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

The United States has already extended several times the list of Russian personalities whose assets it freezes, and to which it prohibits any financial or economic activity involving American individuals or companies, or even, in certain cases, entry into American territory.

It already includes, among others, Russian President Vladimir Putin himself.

A role to play for Abramovich

But so far missing from this American list is the name of one of the most famous Russian oligarchs, the billionaire Roman Abramovich, owner of the Chelsea football club, already targeted by sanctions from the European Union and the Kingdom. -United.

According to the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky himself asked Joe Biden not to sanction the billionaire, arguing that Roman Abramovich could play a role in peace negotiations between Ukraine and Russia.