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VICE News
April 13, 2018
Exclusive: Two top Trump officials are ex-lobbyists for a billionaire with deep ties to Russian oligarchs ... the Trump administration, the connection to Blavatnik, long in business with billionaire associates of Russian President Vladimir Putin, reveals yet another link between Russia and senior Trump officials.
CNNMoney
April 13, 2018
Related: Did Russia make this ship disappear? More recently, Deripaska has become a subject of political intrigue in the United States because he has a longstanding relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin. He is also a former business associate of Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort,Ãâà...
The Moscow Times
April 12, 2018
The Kremlin's claim that there are no oligarchs in Russia has resonated with only 3 percent of the population, according to a state-run poll that also named Roman Abramovich the most famous Russian oligarch. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov took offense at the term “oligarchs” last week ahead of aÃâà...
New York Times
April 11, 2018
MOSCOW — Compared to the sunny, palm-lined offshore tax havens where Russians typically stash their fortunes — think the British Virgin Islands or Cyprus — two chilly, windswept Russian islands would seem to offer little. Yet October Island, a glorified swamp in Russia's European exclave ofÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 11, 2018
In February, special counsel Robert Mueller's team charged 13 Russians and Concord Management with pumping out pro-Trump and anti-Clinton messages through social media during the 2016 presidential campaign, pretending that the messages were coming from American individuals and groups.
The Hill
April 7, 2018
The Trump administration's decision to hit dozens of Russian oligarchs, companies and government officials with sanctions on Friday took direct aim at those ... Robert Mueller and congressional investigators looking into whether members of the Trump campaign conspired with Russia during the election.
NPR
April 7, 2018
But yesterday, the U.S. slapped new sanctions on Russian oligarchs and government officials, including some close to President Vladimir Putin. ... So the goal is to make it difficult for those who are close to powerful Russians, Russian politicians and, of course, Russia's President Vladimir Putin so that theyÃâà...
CNBC
April 6, 2018
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin: Sanctions are targeting certain behaviors of Russian oligarchs. 1:20 PM ET Fri, 6 April 2018. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin discusses the Trump Administration's message behind sanctions against Russian oligarchs and companies. Watch CNBC Live TVÃâà...
The Times
March 8, 2018
Amber Rudd has suggested that the government could introduce tougher legislation to sanction dubious Russian businesspeople. The home secretary spoke out in the wake of a poison attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in Salisbury this week. A nerve agent was deployed against Sergei andÃâà...
Kyiv Post
March 8, 2018
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich sold off the last of his Ukrainian steelmaking business this week, as his business empire in Ukraine dwindles to one ... But Abramovich also faces a challenging political environment within Russia, where his close Kremlin ties place his extensive foreign holdings inÃâà...
Newsweek
March 7, 2018
Escort Nastya Rybka, Who Claims to Have Information on Trump-Russia Ties, Is Still Looking for Work From Her Thai Jail Cell ... who you are now: a poor student, an oligarch, a janitor, a businessman, a miner, or an FSB agent,” reads the Instagram post in Russian, advertising a class on the art of seduction.
Vox
March 7, 2018
A Russian oligarch, a top Russian government official, and a high-end escort take a trip together on a yacht. ... For another, it wasn't just any top Russian government official who accompanied them on Deripaska's yacht — it was Sergei Prikhodko, Russia's deputy prime minister, a longtime Putin ally whoÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 2, 2018
Mark Warner, D-Va., and a lobbyist for a Russian oligarch were reportedly leaked to Fox News by Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee, the Senate Intelligence Committee found. Two congressional offices told the New York Times the Senate Intelligence Committee's leaders, Sen. Richard BurrÃâà...
The Hill
March 2, 2018
“Are you otherwise aware of any business or financial relationships between Mr. Steele and Russian government officials, Russian oligarchs, or Russian businesses?” He has previously pressed a U.K. lawyer believed to represent Deripaska on the same issues. Separately on Wednesday, Grassley alsoÃâà...
Telegraph.co.uk
March 1, 2018
A model embroiled in a Russian oligarch scandal has asked the US embassy in Thailand for political asylum, promising information on Donald Trump's ties to Moscow if she can avoid extradition to Russia. Anastasia Vashukevich and nine other Russians were arrested for working illigally in Thaliand onÃâà...
Newsweek
February 28, 2018
In the wake of the Trump-Russia “madness” and the recent BBC drama series McMafia—a show about the lives of Russian gangsters in London—“people think that all wealthy Russians are basically criminals,” says Alexei. He may be right. But over the past two decades, British banks and property haveÃâà...
CNN
February 22, 2018
Washington (CNN) Before a Russian mercenary attack on US and allied forces in Syria earlier this month, the Russian oligarch believed to control the ... militia; despite an effort to establish communication through US-Russia deconfliction channels, the US airstrikes began, killing many of the Russians.
NBCNews.com
February 20, 2018
A lawyer who is the son-in-law of a Russian oligarch named in the controversial Donald Trump dossier pleaded guilty on Tuesday to lying to investigators in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe. It is not clear to what extent Alex van der Zwaan may be helping Mueller, who is investigating RussianÃâà...
New York Times
February 16, 2018
PETERSBURG, Russia — Long before he was indicted by the United States in a case involving the troll factory that spearheaded Russian efforts to meddle in the 2016 United States ... On Friday, Mr. Prigozhin was one of 13 Russians indicted by a federal grand jury for interfering in the American election.
HuffPost
February 14, 2018
Russia wants videos on YouTube and Instagram showing a senior government official cavorting on a yacht with an oligarch once close to Russian President ... Navalny found 2016 videos of Deripaska on his yacht with Sergey Prikhodko, Russia's deputy prime minister, and said Deripaska could have beenÃâà...
The Guardian
December 31, 1999
Russia's 50 richest men lost more than $16bn in value on Monday according to Bloomberg, with the biggest loser, Vladimir Potanin, not even on the ... Shares in Glencore fell 2% on Friday when US sanctions on seven Russian oligarchs and 17 top government officials were announced, and a further 3.4%Ãâà...
CNNMoney
December 31, 1999
The sanctions are aimed at punishing Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle for interfering in the 2016 US election and other aggression in Crimea, Ukraine and Syria. The White House said targeted sanctions would help to ensure that Russian oligarchs profiting from the Kremlin's destabilizingÃâà...
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