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Сегодня Минфин США официально объявил о введении обещанных санкций. Удар болезненный - под санкции попали 7 олигархов, от Дерипаски до Вексельберга, включая путинского зятя Шамалова, 12 принадлежащих им компаний, 17 госслужащих, от Миллера до Патрушева, включая Торшина и члена кооператива "Озера" Фурсенко, а также госкомпания Рособоронэкспорт.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in consultation with the Department of State, today designated seven Russian oligarchs and 12 companies they own or control, 17 senior Russian government officials, and a state-owned Russian weapons trading company and its subsidiary, a Russian bank.
“The Russian government operates for the disproportionate benefit of oligarchs and government elites,” said Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin. “The Russian government engages in a range of malign activity around the globe, including continuing to occupy Crimea and instigate violence in eastern Ukraine, supplying the Assad regime with material and weaponry as they bomb their own civilians, attempting to subvert Western democracies, and malicious cyber activities. Russian oligarchs and elites who profit from this corrupt system will no longer be insulated from the consequences of their government’s destabilizing activities.”
Today’s actions are pursuant to authority provided under Executive Order (E.O.) 13661 and E.O. 13662, authorities codified by the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA), as well as E.O. 13582. These actions follow the Department of the Treasury’s issuance of the CAATSA Section 241 report in late January 2018. In the Section 241 report, Treasury identified senior Russian government officials and oligarchs. Today’s action targets a number of the individuals listed in the Section 241 report, including those who benefit from the Putin regime and play a key role in advancing Russia’s malign activities.
Concurrent with this action, OFAC is issuing two general licenses to minimize immediate disruptions to U.S. persons, partners, and allies. For details, see General Licenses 12 and 13, as well as related FAQs.
All assets subject to U.S. jurisdiction of the designated individuals and entities, and of any other entities blocked by operation of law as a result of their ownership by a sanctioned party, are frozen, and U.S. persons are generally prohibited from dealings with them. Additionally, non-U.S. persons could face sanctions for knowingly facilitating significant transactions for or on behalf of the individuals or entities blocked today.
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm0338

Now this is interesting. Vekselberg’s private jet went from NY area to DC in early March. pic.twitter.com/fOnZSblxMW
- Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) April 5, 2018

Накануне появилось сообщение CNN о том, что команда Мюллера прессует российских олигархов, в том числе задерживая их частные самолеты в аэропорту. Имен не называлось. Некоторые подозревали Дерипаску или Вексельберга.

Special counsel Robert Mueller's team has taken the unusual step of questioning Russian oligarchs who traveled into the US, stopping at least one and searching his electronic devices when his private jet landed at a New York area airport, according to multiple sources familiar with the inquiry.
A second Russian oligarch was stopped during a recent trip to the US, although it is not clear if he was searched, according to a person briefed on the matter.
Mueller's team has also made an informal voluntary document and interview request to a third Russian oligarch who has not traveled to the US recently.
The situations have one thing in common: Investigators are asking whether wealthy Russians illegally funneled cash donations directly or indirectly into Donald Trump's presidential campaign and inauguration.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/04/politics/mueller-special-counsel-investigation-russian-oligarchs/index.html



Партнеры Вексельберга, пользуясь своим американским гражданством, действительно давали пожертвования Трампу. Если выясниться, что деньги пришли от Вексельберга, это будет нарушением закона.

Additional contributions from Russian-connected donors came from Russian-born oil executive Simon Kukes and New York businessman Andrew Intrater, who oversees the U.S. arm of the Russian conglomerate Renova Group. Neither Kukes nor Intrater had an appreciable record of political contributions until last year, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
After Trump secured the nomination, Kukes gave $280,000 to an assortment of Trump-controlled funds over the next several months. Intrater contributed $35,000 to the Trump Victory committee, plus $250,000 to Trump’s inauguration fund.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/investigators-follow-flow-money-trump-wealthy-donors-russian/story?id=50100024

В числе других россиян, включая Наталью Весельницкую, Вексельберг сидел на трибуне в Вашингтоне во время церемонии инаугурации Трампа.



Отмывать деньги Вексельберг умеет. Через Bank of Cyprus он связан с министром торговли Уилбуром Россом.

The only Russian with a prominent role in the bank today is Viktor Vekselberg, a billionaire businessman who bought shares in 2014, around the same time as Mr. Ross. Like all wealthy business people still working in Russia, Mr. Vekselberg has maintained good relations with the Kremlin but, unlike Mr. Strzhalkovsky and the Russians ousted from the bank, he has a long record of actually doing real business.
A company Mr. Vekselberg controls is now the biggest single Bank of Cyprus shareholder and has a representative on the board, Maksim Goldman, an American-educated Russian lawyer.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/world/europe/wilbur-ross-russia-bank-of-cyprus.html

Письмо сенаторов-демократов к Россу с требованием прояснить его связи осталось без ответа.

In addition, the questions from the February 24 letter seek to better understand you or your associates’ relationships with key shareholders in the Bank of Cyprus, specifically Vladimir Strzhalkovsky, Dmitry Rybolovlev, and Viktor Vekselberg. We request this information given their ties to both President Putin and the Bank of Cyprus. We also seek clarity regarding your or your associates’ relationship with Josef Ackermann, a banker with ties to both President Putin and criminal activity[1] whom you appointed to be the Bank of Cyprus’ Chairman of the Board[2]
https://www.booker.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=558