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The US has lifted sanctions on a vessel linked to Alina Kabaeva’s family

The US has lifted sanctions on a vessel linked to Alina Kabaeva’s family

01 April 2026, 15:32

The US has lifted sanctions on a vessel linked to Alina Kabaeva’s family — The vessel Sv Nikolay

The US Department of the Treasury has removed the Russian vessel Sv Nikolay from its sanctions lists without giving any reason; the vessel had been linked not only to the export of Ukrainian grain and coal from the occupied territories, but also to the inner circle of Alina Kabaeva’s family.

The US Department of the Treasury has removed three vessels linked to Russia from its sanctions lists.

This is according to a statement from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).

One of the vessels is the dry cargo ship ‘Sv Nikolay’, flying the Russian flag. It had been subject to sanctions due to links with ‘Alfa Bank’. The vessel is now owned by the Russian shipping company ‘Rivers Plus’.

In the past, the vessel was accused of transporting Ukrainian grain from Sevastopol for sale to Turkish companies, as well as metallurgical coke from Donbas to Algeria.

The coke on the dry cargo ship was supplied by Green Rabbit, a company registered in Hong Kong. It exports coal and wheat from the occupied part of Donbas.

This company is run by Muslim Temerkayev, an adviser to Marat Kabayev, the father of Alina Kabayeva.

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