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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jamie Grierson

MPs call for sanctions on UK ‘second family’ of Sergei Lavrov

Polina Kovaleva, pictured in London in 2015.
Polina Kovaleva, pictured in London in 2015. Photograph: Stephen Coke/Shutterstock

The daughter of Sergei Lavrov’s alleged mistress should be among the family members of Vladimir Putin’s associates targeted with sanctions, MPs and campaigners have said.

The Russian foreign minister’s “second family”, including Svetlana Polyakova, his alleged mistress, and Polina Kovaleva, her 26-year-old daughter, were identified as among those officials should look at, the Daily Telegraph reported.

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