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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
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