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Congress has summoned Treasury Secretary to be questioned regarding his decision to remove sanctions that were imposed by Congress on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Sanctions were removed over the Christmas break, when members of Congress were not in Washington.
Congress Summons Mnuchin to Explain Russian Sanctions Removal
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/...hin-to-explain-russian-sanctions-removal.html
WASHINGTON — House Democrats have summoned Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, to Congress on Thursday to deliver a classified briefing about the Trump administration’s plans to end sanctions on companies linked to the billionaire Russian oligarch Oleg V. Deripaska.
The briefing is an early instance of Democratic lawmakers flexing their new oversight muscles after taking control of the House last week. Such requests from Democrats were generally ignored or rebuffed during President Trump’s first two years in office, but cabinet officials are expected to face intense scrutiny over past decisions.
Congress is reviewing the administration’s decision — announced in December by the Treasury Department — to lift sanctions against three companies that Mr. Deripaska controls, EN+, Rusal and JSC EuroSibEnergo. Rusal is the world’s second largest aluminum company and concerns about its fate roiled the industry after the Trump administration announced sanctions last year.
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Oleg Deripaska is a right hand man to Vladimir Putin
Deripaska is a Russian metals oligarch
Deripaska was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in Aprin 2018 partly for Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election
Deripaska financially backed Paul Manafort's consulting work in Ukraine and loaned him millions of dollars
The U.S. Treasury claims that Deripaska has possible links to organized crime, which he has denied
Congress Summons Mnuchin to Explain Russian Sanctions Removal
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/09/...hin-to-explain-russian-sanctions-removal.html
WASHINGTON — House Democrats have summoned Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, to Congress on Thursday to deliver a classified briefing about the Trump administration’s plans to end sanctions on companies linked to the billionaire Russian oligarch Oleg V. Deripaska.
The briefing is an early instance of Democratic lawmakers flexing their new oversight muscles after taking control of the House last week. Such requests from Democrats were generally ignored or rebuffed during President Trump’s first two years in office, but cabinet officials are expected to face intense scrutiny over past decisions.
Congress is reviewing the administration’s decision — announced in December by the Treasury Department — to lift sanctions against three companies that Mr. Deripaska controls, EN+, Rusal and JSC EuroSibEnergo. Rusal is the world’s second largest aluminum company and concerns about its fate roiled the industry after the Trump administration announced sanctions last year.
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Oleg Deripaska is a right hand man to Vladimir Putin
Deripaska is a Russian metals oligarch
Deripaska was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury in Aprin 2018 partly for Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election
Deripaska financially backed Paul Manafort's consulting work in Ukraine and loaned him millions of dollars
The U.S. Treasury claims that Deripaska has possible links to organized crime, which he has denied
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