and began her career in 1996 and retired from the sport in 2007. she has also been a cover model for russian vogue and is believed to be the mother of at least three of putin s children. she is now under the microscope accused of hiding putin s wealth in foreign countries such as switzerland. the two have been photographed together on many occasions. now sanctions against her could happen but so far they are on hold. u.s. officials telling the wall street journal that it would be seen as too personal of a target and only escalate tensions even further. now world leaders have slapped russia with heavy sanctions since the invasion began back in february. they ve been freezing and seizing assets of oligarchs. u.s. is also imposed sanctions on two of putin s adult daughters. now as far as the girlfriend, the kremlin says there is no association or relationship between the president and this former olympic athlete. she also denies the
i want a new nickname. can you guys start calling me snake? no, bryan. -denied. -how about we all get quotes to see if we can save with america s number one motorcycle insurer? approved. cool! hey, if bryan s not gonna be snake, can i be snake? -all: no. dana: biden administration is reportedly weighing whether to impose sanctions on vladimir putin s rumored girlfriend the former olympic gymnast. she is accused of hiding putin s wealth abroad. the kremlin denied they even had a relationship. we re live with more. a new possible subject of sanctions that we ve seen since the russian invasion. she is believed to be the girlfriend of russian president vladimir putin. she is a former olympic athlete. 39-year-old was an international rhythmic gymnast and won two olympic gold medals
yes. i think that there are a lot of things happening to russia which are pretty extreme sanctions wise. but, i think that there s more that can be done. for example, we ve only sanctioned roughly two dozen oligarchs who are effectively supporting the government. there are 118 oligarchs on the forbes list. they should probably all be sanctioned because they re effectively involved in funding a terrorist regime. so there s more that can be done. there s more that should be done. and if this is what pushes that those sanctions in that direction, then this is a good idea. yeah. some of them involved in hiding putin s money as well. we were in geneva, last summer, the biden/putin summit and the discussion there was of strategic stability in this relationship. here we are less than a year later and now the administration considering labeling russia a state sponsor of terror.