Russian Prime Minister Putin rides with motorcycle enthusiasts during his visit to a bike festival in the southern Russian city of Novorossiisk in 2011 Photo: Reuters
U.S. Blacklists Vladimir Putin’s Biker Gang Buddies, The Night Wolves, In New Round Of Sanctions -- National post/The Telegraph
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin’s favourite biker has been targeted by new U.S. sanctions over the Kremlin’s armed intervention in Ukraine.
Barack Obama, the U.S. president, issued an executive order this weekend prohibiting trade with the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, which Moscow seized from Ukraine in March.
Among those added to the U.S. Treasury blacklist are the Night Wolves biker gang, a group of denim and leather-clad ultranationalists that Mr. Putin has befriended.
Alexander Zaldostanov, 51, the head of the Night Wolves who frequently meets Mr. Putin, was on the list, along with prominent figures from the pro-Moscow rebel authorities fighting government troops in eastern Ukraine.
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Update #1: Putin pals, ‘Night Wolves’ biker gang, sanctioned by U.S. -- Washington Times
Update #2: The US Just Sanctioned Putin's Favorite Biker Gang -- Business Insider
My Comment: Imposing sanctions on a bike club?!?!?!? This story is being played up in Russia, and the reaction over there is predictable and can be explained in one word .... huh????
Update #3: What!!!! The U.S. has also imposed sanctions on her?!?!?!?! More here.
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Obama has to do his part to keep up Putin's poll #s
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