“The Treasury said Deripaska had been accused of bribery, extortion, racketeering, ordering the murder of a rival businessman and having links to organized crime. Deripaska has denied “the alleged basis” of US sanctions, according to statements he provided to London’s High Court, the Telegraph reported in May.”
Deripaska, you know, he’s the former owner that sits on the board and is buds with Putin. One of Putin’s biggest allies. Oh, and just to make the future movies even better, Deripaska has ties to Manafort.
Now, I haven’t heard of Trump and the boys discussing cutting any other aluminum companies any slack. Have you guys?
The US imposed sanctions on Rusal in April because of its ties to Deripaska. But the Treasury Department said a few weeks later that it was considering removing sanctions against the massive aluminum company after a surge in aluminum prices.
In an interview with CNN, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said the US government knew the impact sanctions would have on Rusal. The company’s founder, Deripaska, has since stepped down from his role as a non-executive director on its board.
“We were going to enforce the Russia sanctions,” said Mnuchin not put Rusal out of business. “The objective was to impact the oligarchs, not to impact the hardworking people of Rusal as a result of the sanctions.”
Oh so it okay to put Americans out of work because of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from say Canada. But if Russia is going to lose jobs those sanctions have to be dropped?
i’m sure i’m gonna enjoy watching the movie about all this corruption (although Hoffman and Redford were great in the original) but, man, i wouldn’t want to be the reporters and investigators piecing all this stuff together. it’s incestuous and complex. it’s rich folks using peasants in multiple countries for $$$$$$.
Well, that’s different. Putin isn’t going to downgrade Trump in his next performance review if it affects American jobs - only if it affects Russian jobs.
