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Putin’s rumored girlfriend hit with latest U.S. sanctions

FILE - Alina Kabayeva, a former champion rhythmic gymnast and now a Duma member for the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, attends the first plenary session of the newly-elected State Duma, the lower parliament chamber, Moscow, Russia, Jan. 13, 2012. The Treasury Department said Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2022, that the government has frozen the visa of Kabaeva and imposed other property restrictions. The department said she is also head of a Russian national media company that promotes Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 4, 2004 file photo President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with gymnast Alina Kabaeva at a Kremlin banquet in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/ITAR-TASS, Presidential Press Service, File)

Putin’s rumored girlfriend hit with latest U.S. sanctions