efforts to investigate, arrest, and prosecute those who continue to enable russia to continue its unjust war in ukraine. that is a promise that we are keeping. i am joined here today by deputy attorney general monaco and fbi director wray. also here are assistant attorney general olsen, principle deputy assistant attorney general mcquaid, fbi cyber section chief frim, and klepto capture task force adams. today we are announcing several actions that the justice department has taken to disrupt and prospect criminal activity associated with the russian regime. the first action we are announcing today is the unsealing of an indictment charging russian oligarch constantine malafev with sanctions violations. as the indictment charges, the treasury department previously identified malafev as one of the main sources of financing for russians promoting separatism in crimea and for providing
prosecute those whose criminal acts enable russia to continue its unjust war in ukraine. that is a promise we are keeping. i m joined here today by deputy attorney general monaco and fbi director wray. also here are attorney general olson, deputy general mcquade, klepto task force adams. we are taking action today to disrupt and prosecute criminal activity associated with the russian regime. the first action we are announcing today is the unsealing of an indictment charging russian oligarch constantine melafef with sanctions violations. the treasury department previously identified melafef as a main person providing for
gro grow. in the u.s. and europe, they re issuing a new package of sanctions that hit putin s adult daughters and financial institutions and for the first time since russia s invasion, federal prosecutors have indicted a russian oligarch for sanctions violations. the u.s. calls this latest round of sanctions the most impactful, coordinated and wide ranging in history. just in one year, our sanctions are likely to wipe out the last 15 years of russia s economic gains. we re going to stifle russia s ability and its economy to grow for years to come. we re also hearing from pope francis. during a vatican service, he held up a flag from what he called the martyred city of bucha then kissed the flag. christiane amanpour is in kyiv and we know that you just
department of justice task force. they took this luxury yacht called anytime the tango owned by a russian billionaire. all part of the justice department s new kleptocapture task force to crack down on sanctions violations. we ll be right back.