
MOSCOW, September 30 – Novosti. The head of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation, Elvira Nabiullina, was included in the list of sanctions of the US Treasury, this was reported on the website of the department.
The US authorities imposed sanctions against a number of Russian citizens against the backdrop of the signing by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the DPR , LPR , Zaporozhye and Kherson regions of agreements on the annexation of regions to Russia and the formation of new subjects within the Russian Federation.
Referendums on the issue of joining Russia were held from 23 to 27 September in the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, as well as in the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions . According to the results of processing 100% of the ballots in the DPR, 99.23% of those who voted for joining the Russian Federation, 98.42% in the LPR, 87.05% in the Kherson region, and 93.11% in the Zaporozhye region. Representatives of a number of Western countries, including the EU , said they did not recognize the results of the referendums. At the same time, the referendum was monitored by international observers, including those from EU countries, who confirmed the free will of citizens.