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MelissaB

(16,420 posts) Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:44 PM Jan 2020

Treasury Dept lifting sanctions on 3 companies connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska.

The Treasury Department announced earlier this week that it was lifting sanctions on three companies connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska is an ally of Vladimir Putin.

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I'm out of clicks at Bloomberg

Trump Lifts Rusal, En+ Sanctions as Glencore Shuffles Stake

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-27/u-s-treasury-lifts-sanctions-on-three-deripaska-companies

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Treasury Dept lifting sanctions on 3 companies connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. (Original Post) MelissaB Jan 2020 OP

trumps butt buddie. AllaN01Bear Jan 2020 #1

Taking orders from the Kremlin. triron Jan 2020 #2

HE'S NOT EVEN WAITING FOR THE OFFICIAL ACQUITTAL DECLARATION. bullwinkle428 Jan 2020 #3

*ding!* Winner. crickets Jan 2020 #7

Undoing the Magnitsky Act also joost5 Jan 2020 #21

Yes, that too! Good point. nt crickets Jan 2020 #23

Putin tells trump, who tells Manuchin who lifts Putins buddy's sanctions.... mitch96 Jan 2020 #4

Trump is working for Putin Botany Jan 2020 #5

NO doubt bluestarone Jan 2020 #6

Am I missing something? These articles appear to be from January of last year. ET Awful Jan 2020 #8

Of course they are. I'm sure Putin is pleased. nt scarletwoman Jan 2020 #9

This isn't new genxlib Jan 2020 #10

This should be front and center. not_the_one Jan 2020 #15

This is 2020 30+% Deplorable America... NoMoreRepugs Jan 2020 #18

Impeach Mnuchin NY06DemSoc Jan 2020 #11

That's the guy Manafort was terrified of Recursion Jan 2020 #12

Trump thinks he can join the " boys club" with Putin, Xi, Erdoğan, etc. ashredux Jan 2020 #13

Russia-serving bastards. Hortensis Jan 2020 #14

Time for trump to kacekwl Jan 2020 #16

Speaking of quid pro quo's... dlk Jan 2020 #17

Putin ordered it in case Trump gets removed by a Senate conviction ?? Captain Zero Jan 2020 #19

That article is a year old. CaptainTruth Jan 2020 #20

This is how Trumpophiles make us eat the Russiaphilic elephant, one bite at a time. ancianita Jan 2020 #22

AllaN01Bear

(18,101 posts)

1. trumps butt buddie.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:45 PM

Jan 2020

triron

(21,988 posts)

2. Taking orders from the Kremlin.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:52 PM

Jan 2020

bullwinkle428

(20,629 posts)

3. HE'S NOT EVEN WAITING FOR THE OFFICIAL ACQUITTAL DECLARATION.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:54 PM

Jan 2020

crickets

(25,959 posts)

7. *ding!* Winner.

Reply to bullwinkle428 (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:21 PM

Jan 2020

Lifting Russian sanctions has been priority one all along.

joost5

(421 posts)

21. Undoing the Magnitsky Act also

Reply to crickets (Reply #7)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 02:39 PM

Jan 2020

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitsky_Act

"Since 2016 the bill, which applies globally, authorizes the US government to sanction those who it sees as human rights offenders, freeze their assets, and ban them from entering the U.S."

crickets

(25,959 posts)

23. Yes, that too! Good point. nt

Reply to joost5 (Reply #21)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 02:51 PM

Jan 2020

mitch96

(13,883 posts)

4. Putin tells trump, who tells Manuchin who lifts Putins buddy's sanctions....

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:11 PM

Jan 2020

Squid pro quo....
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Botany

(70,476 posts)

5. Trump is working for Putin

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:12 PM

Jan 2020

End of story.

bluestarone

(16,894 posts)

6. NO doubt

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:15 PM

Jan 2020

We have been INVADED!!

ET Awful

(24,753 posts)

8. Am I missing something? These articles appear to be from January of last year.

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:25 PM

Jan 2020

Not that I'm defending it, but appears to be old news.

scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)

9. Of course they are. I'm sure Putin is pleased. nt

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:27 PM

Jan 2020

genxlib

(5,524 posts)

10. This isn't new

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:29 PM

Jan 2020

The Bloomberg article is from 2019.

It appears that the tweeter found it and mistakenly thought it was from this week.

In fact, the sanctions being lifted led to this

https://www.newsweek.com/company-russian-oligarch-millions-aluminum-plant-mitch-mcconnell-1397061

It is a long simmering controversy that fits neatly into everything else. But not new.

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)

15. This should be front and center.

Reply to genxlib (Reply #10)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:57 PM

Jan 2020

The good folks of Kentucky need to be made very aware that we will not sell out our country just so Moscow Mitch can crow about jobs, while getting rich(er), and re-elected into Putin's cabal.

If it is a choice between our country and your waist line, tighten your effin belt.

They got the sanctions lifted, which was the turd's purpose, along with sowing chaos to bring us down. How far along on the construction of this new plant are they?

It is still an empty field. Why? Because they are still working on funding... Yeah, Kentucky tax payers have to fund the construction. Even though Moscow Mitch is taking all the credit for bringing hundreds of millions of Russian money in to do that.

Can we say MASSIVE SCAM? I knew we could.

https://www.wdrb.com/in-depth/braidy-industries-ceo-craig-bouchard-says-kentucky-s-most-anticipated/article_bfdb6448-04d1-11ea-990b-c3d75bca8000.html

NoMoreRepugs

(9,400 posts)

18. This is 2020 30+% Deplorable America...

Reply to not_the_one (Reply #15)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 02:11 PM

Jan 2020

they do not give a shit about “Country.”

NY06DemSoc

(42 posts)

11. Impeach Mnuchin

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:37 PM

Jan 2020

Begin and investigation into the reasoning for lifting the Sanctions. Trumpies NEVER follow protocol so they've probably failed to do so here as well (e.g. Census Citizenship Question). When it becomes clear that process was not followed Mnuchin should be impeached and removed from office.

Recursion

(56,582 posts)

12. That's the guy Manafort was terrified of

Reply to MelissaB (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:47 PM

Jan 2020

Pauly boy ripped Deripaska off a few years ago (this gets into the whole Cyprus connection that never got enough scrutiny) and has been quaking in his boots ever since.