Tightening the Screws.

[Mindful]

Tough sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s cronies indicate that President Trump is not going soft on Russia.

Guess who’s not coming to the White House for dinner? Or getting an official U.S. invitation to anything, anytime soon? Or even withdrawing money from Citibank?
Kirill Shamalov, Vladimir Putin’s son-in-law, was among the Russian oligarchs and friends of Putin, along with 12 entities that they control, whom President Donald Trump’s administration sanctioned Friday, bringing the total of Russian individuals and entities punished for their ties to assorted Russian-sponsored misdeeds to 189—the most sweeping financial sanctions taken against Putin’s Russia by this administration, or its predecessor, for that matter.

“Russian oligarchs and elites who profit from this corrupt system will no longer be insulated from the consequences of their government’s destabilizing activities,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said.

Tightening the Screws

 

[Mindful]

** The new sanctions are tough and likely to impose significant financial penalties on Putin allies. When individuals or the entities they control are added to a sanctions list, all their U.S. assets—real estate, boats, planes, bank accounts, and properties—are frozen. Notices are sent to banks and global institutions asking them to check their accounts for assets owned or controlled by those on the list—and urging that they not do business with them.

The designation of Putin’s son-in-law is likely to get special attention in the Kremlin and from the media. Within 18 months of his marriage, a senior official told reporters Friday, Shamalov acquired a large stake in a Russia-based energy company. A year later, he was able to borrow more than $1 billion from Gazprombank, a state-owned entity also subject to sanctions.

“This action is far more than symbolic,” one official stressed.

“Watch what we do, not just what the commander-in-chief says,” another said.**

 

[Mousterian]

This is going to be hard on the Big Orange Klown, when he next snuggles up to Vlad.
He could be in deep doo-doo.
Putin has dirt on Trump, claims Russian treason defence lawyer

 

[Moonglow]

Yet we still buy natural gas from the Ruskies...

 

[Care4all]

Yet we still buy natural gas from the Ruskies...

i wonder why we buy natural gas from them when the USA has the largest natural gas reserves or close to it, in the World?

 

[TNHarley]

Yet we still buy natural gas from the Ruskies...

i wonder why we buy natural gas from them when the USA has the largest natural gas reserves or close to it, in the World?

Because America has been run by smucks

 

[Moonglow]

Yet we still buy natural gas from the Ruskies...

i wonder why we buy natural gas from them when the USA has the largest natural gas reserves or close to it, in the World?

Because we use it all and need more....

 

[Moonglow]

Yet we still buy natural gas from the Ruskies...

i wonder why we buy natural gas from them when the USA has the largest natural gas reserves or close to it, in the World?

Because America has been run by smucks

Rich schmucks that are out for their own gain..

 

[iceberg]

This is going to be hard on the Big Orange Klown, when he next snuggles up to Vlad.
He could be in deep doo-doo.
Putin has dirt on Trump, claims Russian treason defence lawyer

you had to go on a treasure hunt to find that link/article. when it hits a valid source, holler. til then, all this shit is national enquirer.

 

[miketx]

This is going to be hard on the Big Orange Klown, when he next snuggles up to Vlad.
He could be in deep doo-doo.
Putin has dirt on Trump, claims Russian treason defence lawyer

you had to go on a treasure hunt to find that link/article. when it hits a valid source, holler. til then, all this shit is national enquirer.

C'mon man, you know they've got him now!

 

[iceberg]

This is going to be hard on the Big Orange Klown, when he next snuggles up to Vlad.
He could be in deep doo-doo.
Putin has dirt on Trump, claims Russian treason defence lawyer

you had to go on a treasure hunt to find that link/article. when it hits a valid source, holler. til then, all this shit is national enquirer.

C'mon man, you know they've got him now!

yea, the last 1,238 times they got him they were wrong but THIS TIME THIS IS IT!!!

let's their dancing begin.

 

[del]

** The new sanctions are tough and likely to impose significant financial penalties on Putin allies. When individuals or the entities they control are added to a sanctions list, all their U.S. assets—real estate, boats, planes, bank accounts, and properties—are frozen. Notices are sent to banks and global institutions asking them to check their accounts for assets owned or controlled by those on the list—and urging that they not do business with them.

The designation of Putin’s son-in-law is likely to get special attention in the Kremlin and from the media. Within 18 months of his marriage, a senior official told reporters Friday, Shamalov acquired a large stake in a Russia-based energy company. A year later, he was able to borrow more than $1 billion from Gazprombank, a state-owned entity also subject to sanctions.

“This action is far more than symbolic,” one official stressed.

“Watch what we do, not just what the commander-in-chief says,” another said.**

of course, when you wait a year to implement any kind of sanctions, it doesn't give the oligarchs time to move and protect their assets.

said no one

 

[Marion Morrison]

 

[dannyboys]

But But But Brennan told morning Joe that Putin was blackmailing Trump!
Clapper claims Putin has "the goods" on Trump.
Madcow and Crissy Matthews constantly claim Putin must be blackmailing Trump.
The entire LIB MSM have been screaming that Putin is blackmailing Trump.

 

[MrShangles]

This is going to be hard on the Big Orange Klown, when he next snuggles up to Vlad.
He could be in deep doo-doo.
Putin has dirt on Trump, claims Russian treason defence lawyer

Pull your head out of the sand, the Russians are trying to separate us and you’re going right along with them, y’all liberals are so blank that you can’t even see it.


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