Dozens of demonstrators on Sunday in Paris demanded that the European Union extend sanctions against Russia regarding the wife of the deputy defense minister of the Russian Federation, accused of evading European coercive measures, AFP and Agerpres reported.

Demonstration in Paris for the introduction of sanctions against the wife of a Russian officialPhoto: Bertrand GUAY / AFP / Profimedia

Timur Ivanov, who has been under European sanctions since October, divorced his wife Svitlana Maniovych in the summer of 2022 in order to protect her, supporters of opposition leader Alexei Navalny, imprisoned in Russia, said at the start of a rally in front of the alleged woman. place of residence.

She changed her last name to Ivanov before the divorce, but the deputy defense minister remains her only source of financial support, the sources added.

Protesters carrying placards “Thefts in Russia. Crimes in Ukraine. A woman in France” demanded that the deputy minister’s wife be banned from staying in Europe and her accounts be frozen. “This is a family of war criminals,” says activist Maria Pevchykh.

She specified that the French authorities had been warned about this case, but still no response.

In December, Navalny’s supporters launched an investigation into Svitlana Maniovych’s emails, which described a lavish life in Europe, vacations in St. Tropez in the south of France, and Rolls-Royce cars.

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