Russian oligarch Herman Gref, a key Putin advisor and CEO of Russia's largest bank, has been added t

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to US sanctions list

The US Department of the Treasury has added a key Russian financial sector official and close confidant to Vladimir Putin to its list of sanctioned individuals.

In a press release on Thursday, the Treasury took action against Herman Gref, the CEO of Russia's largest financial institution, as part of efforts "to impose severe costs on the Russian Federation for its illegal, unwarranted, and baseless war against Ukraine," the statement read.

"Gref is being designated today for being or having been a leader, official, senior executive officer, or a member of the board of directors of the Government of the Russian Federation (GoR)," it added.

According to the US Treasury Department, he occupied various and increasingly senior roles, "including at the St. Petersburg Mayor's office." He served as Russia's minister of economic development and trade from 2000 to 2007, and has been Sberbank's CEO and chairman since 2007, per Bloomberg.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-oligarch-herman-gref-key-103605480.html

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2. Why wasn't he on the list before?