Trump admin to lift sanctions on firms owned by Russian oligarch Deripaska

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Trump administration plans to lift sanctions on companies owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska after he significantly reduced his ownership stake in them.

The Treasury Department announced Wednesday that it would lift financial sanctions on Deripaska’s aluminum company, United Co. Rusal, as well as En+ Group plc and JSC EuroSibEnergo in 30 days after Deripaska agreed to reduce his ownership in the each of the companies to below 50 percent.

Deripaska, a billionaire aluminum magnate with close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, will remain sanctioned and his property blocked.

“Treasury sanctioned these companies because of their ownership and control by sanctioned Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, not for the conduct of the companies themselves,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.

https://thehill.com/regulation/national-security/422122-trump-admin-to-lift-sanctions-on-firms-owned-by-russian-oligarch

[TheBlackAdder]

1. Somebody's planning to skip off to Russia and is making nice beforehand.

[C_U_L8R]

2. That's outrageous.

Our country is run by criminals

[BlueJac]

3. Just another blow job from Trump!

[Moostache]

4. Follow. The. Money.

There is no chance in hell that this is 100% on the level...Trump is in to the Russians to his eyeballs and he HAS to make good or else...IMO.

[triron]

5. More from the quid pro quo conspiracy that goes unpunished.

[peggysue2]

6. Deripaska was one of the oligarchs who Putin . . .

demanded be allowed to attend the DAVOS forum indicating that he (Putin) would be a no-show otherwise.

Trumpski is following Kremlin orders carefully because the BOOM is hanging over the Administration's head.

Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide.

[NewJeffCT]

7. Not even hiding that he's Putin's lil Puppet now

is he?

[Bayard]

8. Paging Mr. Mueller!