EU proposes to sanction Putin’s daughters

According to diplomats familiar with the plan, the European Union has proposed sanctioning two of President Vladimir Putin's daughters, a move that would add to the Russian leader's closest family members to a growing list of individuals sanctioned in an effort to pressure Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

The EU member states still need to approve the sanctions, which are among the dozens of proposed travel bans and asset freezes against Russian business people, politicians, officials and their families.

Details of other new sanctions were announced earlier Tuesday by EU officials. They include a ban on imports of Russian coal, a slashing access to Russian road carriers and ships, restrictions on oligarchs and their families and the blocking of high-tech machinery exports.

Putin doesn't speak publicly about his family. He has two daughters by his former wife, according to a published compilation of answers by Mr. Putin to questions posed by three authors, called First Person, published in 2000. It isn't known if Mr. Putin has other children, and it couldn't be learned if the daughters targeted in the EU sanctions were those he publicly acknowledged. The couple said in 2013 that their marriage was over.