 Due to her role in 2014 Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation she was put on the sanction list by the United States and Canada on 17 March 2014, the European Union on 21 March 2014, Switzerland on 2 April 2014, Liechtenstein on 17 April 2014, Australia on 19 June 2014, and Ukraine on 16 October 2016.Valentina Matviyenko has a son, Sergey Vladimirovich Matviyenko (, born 5 May 1973), with her husband, Vladimir Vasilyevich Matviyenko.In May 2003 Sergey Matviyenko was appointed vice-president of the Bank Saint Petersburg.