Arkady Rotenberg of TPC Real Estates Holdings. It was reported that Arkady Rotenberg made this move after being placed on the U.S. sanctions list. As a result of the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, Barack Obama, then President of the United States, signed an executive order instructing his government to impose sanctions on the Rotenberg brothers and other close friends of the President Putin, including Sergei Ivanov and Gennadi Timchenko. These persons were placed on the Specially Designated Nationals List. As a result of the sanctions, Visa and MasterCard stopped servicing SMP Bank. In September 2014, Italy seized €30 million
Lukáš Krpálek Lukáš Krpálek Lukáš Krpálek (born 15 November 1990) is a Czech heavyweight judoka. He is a former world champion (2014), former European champion (2014) and current Olympic Champion (2016). He is the most successful judoka in Czech and Czechoslovakian history, and was named Czech Judoka of the Year eight times between 2008 and 2015. Krpálek took up judo by chance – he wanted to train in karate, but his uncle mistook the sport. His brother Michal is also a judoka who served as a sparring partner for the Czech judo team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. In 2015 Krpálek married