A blow to Russian officials and oligarchs: from Medvedev to Abramovich
The US Treasury presented the long-awaited "Kremlin report" to congressmen. A number of officials were blacklisted politicians and businessmen from Russia connected with Putin and the government: from Medvedev to Abramovich. 210 large persons are under possible attack. So far, no one is being punished: this is not a list of "sanctioned" persons, but a list of those for whom the US authorities may complicate the conduct of business.
The black list, of course, is the reason for the scandal between the two states. Is it a joke: one hundred and fourteen high-ranking officials and heads of state enterprises were included in the “Kremlin report”! The list was supplemented by ninety-six oligarchs, each of whom gained over one billion dollars in overwork.
The “oligarchs” mentioned in the black list include the following famous businessmen: R. Abramovich, O. Deripaska, V. Potanin, A. Usmanov, A. Vekselberg and others. The list of Russian rich people was continued by the chairman of the board of directors of AFK Sistema V. Yevtushenkov, president of LUKoil V. Alekperov, owner of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant V. Lisin, member of the board of Sibur K. Shamalov (the name of the latter was contacted in the media by K. Tikhonova, who is accurately called in the Russian press Putin’s “alleged daughter” )
A. Kostin and G. Gref, the heads of the two largest state-owned banks in Russia: VTB and Sberbank, did not escape the "listing".
The oil and gas industry also noted in the document: sanctions may await Igor Sechin from Rosneft and Alexey Miller from Gazprom.
The US Treasury also prepared a blow to the Russian IT industry: Kaspersky Lab boss Evgeny Kaspersky, the head of Yandex, Arkady Volozh, and ex-co-owner of Mail.ru Group Yuri Milner joined the list.
As for the Russian government, it is "represented" by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, First Deputy Prime Minister I. Shuvalov. Behind them - smaller persons: Minister of Finance A. Siluanov, head of the Ministry of Communications N. Nikiforov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade D. Manturov and others. Of course, security officials also entered the American document: director of the SVR S. Naryshkin, head of the FSB A. Bortnikov. Among the "disagreeable" people there is also the leadership of the presidential administration, including A. Vaino, V. Surkov and D. Peskov (Putin's spokesman).
The Trump administration kept its promise: the Ministry of Finance was to submit a “Kremlin report” no later than January 29 (in accordance with the law “On counteracting US opponents through sanctions”, signed by Trump), and it met this deadline. The mention of persons in the black list is likely to lead to difficulties in the business of the defendants in the future. The imposition of sanctions against a particular defendant will mean a limitation of the financial relations of this client or his company with Western banks.
Most interesting, we note that only part of the information from the “Kremlin report” got into the press. A significant part of the material is classified. Secret pages, as suggested by foreign experts, may contain surnames that the US government has decided for some reason not to make public. Apparently, the hidden names do not represent any particular sensation, because the published part includes the entire Russian government, all the richest oligarchs and those who manage the largest budget-forming state-owned companies. Most likely, the secret part is filled with relatively "quiet" names. In addition, it is officially known from the US State Department that the classified report contains a warning to governments and companies from different countries that trade with the Russian Federation. Thus, possible sanctions will affect companies outside Russia. America can now write sanctions to any company counterparty from the Kremlin Report.
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The black list, of course, is the reason for the scandal between the two states. Is it a joke: one hundred and fourteen high-ranking officials and heads of state enterprises were included in the “Kremlin report”! The list was supplemented by ninety-six oligarchs, each of whom gained over one billion dollars in overwork.
The “oligarchs” mentioned in the black list include the following famous businessmen: R. Abramovich, O. Deripaska, V. Potanin, A. Usmanov, A. Vekselberg and others. The list of Russian rich people was continued by the chairman of the board of directors of AFK Sistema V. Yevtushenkov, president of LUKoil V. Alekperov, owner of the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant V. Lisin, member of the board of Sibur K. Shamalov (the name of the latter was contacted in the media by K. Tikhonova, who is accurately called in the Russian press Putin’s “alleged daughter” )
A. Kostin and G. Gref, the heads of the two largest state-owned banks in Russia: VTB and Sberbank, did not escape the "listing".
The oil and gas industry also noted in the document: sanctions may await Igor Sechin from Rosneft and Alexey Miller from Gazprom.
The US Treasury also prepared a blow to the Russian IT industry: Kaspersky Lab boss Evgeny Kaspersky, the head of Yandex, Arkady Volozh, and ex-co-owner of Mail.ru Group Yuri Milner joined the list.
As for the Russian government, it is "represented" by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, First Deputy Prime Minister I. Shuvalov. Behind them - smaller persons: Minister of Finance A. Siluanov, head of the Ministry of Communications N. Nikiforov, head of the Ministry of Industry and Trade D. Manturov and others. Of course, security officials also entered the American document: director of the SVR S. Naryshkin, head of the FSB A. Bortnikov. Among the "disagreeable" people there is also the leadership of the presidential administration, including A. Vaino, V. Surkov and D. Peskov (Putin's spokesman).
The Trump administration kept its promise: the Ministry of Finance was to submit a “Kremlin report” no later than January 29 (in accordance with the law “On counteracting US opponents through sanctions”, signed by Trump), and it met this deadline. The mention of persons in the black list is likely to lead to difficulties in the business of the defendants in the future. The imposition of sanctions against a particular defendant will mean a limitation of the financial relations of this client or his company with Western banks.
Most interesting, we note that only part of the information from the “Kremlin report” got into the press. A significant part of the material is classified. Secret pages, as suggested by foreign experts, may contain surnames that the US government has decided for some reason not to make public. Apparently, the hidden names do not represent any particular sensation, because the published part includes the entire Russian government, all the richest oligarchs and those who manage the largest budget-forming state-owned companies. Most likely, the secret part is filled with relatively "quiet" names. In addition, it is officially known from the US State Department that the classified report contains a warning to governments and companies from different countries that trade with the Russian Federation. Thus, possible sanctions will affect companies outside Russia. America can now write sanctions to any company counterparty from the Kremlin Report.
Photos used: mycdn.me.
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