Treasury wants to lift Russia sanctions, don't let it happen
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https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/congress-is-examining-decision-to-lift-sanctions-on-russian%E2%80%99s-firms/ar-BBROJFb
Congress Is Examining Decision to Lift Sanctions on Russians Firms
By KENNETH P. VOGEL
11 hrs ago
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The solution approved by the Treasury Department would lift the sanctions against Mr. Deripaskas companies in exchange for him reducing his stake in EN+ from approximately 70 percent to less than 45 percent, and giving up control of that company and Rusal.
Mr. Deripaska himself would remain on the sanctions list, the department said, casting the agreement as a way to punish the oligarch by separating him from his companies without creating broader economic problems.
Representative Lloyd Doggett, Democrat of Texas, accused the administration of approving a Rusal ruse to cover for one of Putins closest buddies.
Other Democrats contended that the Treasury Department was trying to ram the sanctions-relief decision through before the new Congress had time to stop it, and before the special counsel issued findings that might touch on Mr. Deripaskas work with Paul Manafort, Mr. Trumps former campaign chairman and a target of the special counsel investigation.
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