WASHINGTON, November 4. /TASS/. The US has sanctioned Russian national Ekaterina Zhdanova for her role in money laundering and helping Russian businessmen circumvent international restrictions, the US Treasury Department said in a statement.

The sanctions were imposed "for her role in laundering and moving funds using virtual currency on behalf of Russian elites," the statement said.

The Treasury Department said Zhdanova in March 2022 "assisted a Russian client in obfuscating their source of wealth in order to transfer over $2.3 million into Western Europe through a fraudulently opened investment account and real estate purchases."

"Zhdanova’s services result in the provision of access to Western financial markets for Russian individuals that may otherwise be blocked due to US and international prohibitions," the agency said.