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US 'name-and-shame' list of Russian oligarchs binned by top Trump official - expert
Source: The Guardian
US 'name-and-shame' list of Russian oligarchs binned by top Trump official – expert
• List of oligarchs who had made money corruptly was withdrawn
• ‘At the last minute, somebody high up threw out the experts’ work’
Julian Borger in Washington
Tue 30 Jan 2018 21.43 GMT
A “name-and-shame” list of Russian oligarchs who made their money corruptly from their ties with Vladimir Putin was compiled by the US government agencies but then cancelled last week by a senior administration official, according to a Russia expert who was consulted on the list.
It was replaced by an all-inclusive list of rich Russians apparently copied straight from the Forbes magazine’s ranking of wealthy Russians, together with the names of some top Kremlin officials.
Putin described the list as a “hostile step”, but it has been the subject of derision in Washington and Moscow.
“It makes the whole thing ridiculous. There are no criteria,” said Anders Åslund, a Swedish economist, Russia expert and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, who said he had been consulted to make suggestions on how the “Kremlin list” should be compiled, to comply with congressional legislation in July mandating tougher action on Russia.
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• List of oligarchs who had made money corruptly was withdrawn
• ‘At the last minute, somebody high up threw out the experts’ work’
Julian Borger in Washington
Tue 30 Jan 2018 21.43 GMT
A “name-and-shame” list of Russian oligarchs who made their money corruptly from their ties with Vladimir Putin was compiled by the US government agencies but then cancelled last week by a senior administration official, according to a Russia expert who was consulted on the list.
It was replaced by an all-inclusive list of rich Russians apparently copied straight from the Forbes magazine’s ranking of wealthy Russians, together with the names of some top Kremlin officials.
Putin described the list as a “hostile step”, but it has been the subject of derision in Washington and Moscow.
“It makes the whole thing ridiculous. There are no criteria,” said Anders Åslund, a Swedish economist, Russia expert and senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, who said he had been consulted to make suggestions on how the “Kremlin list” should be compiled, to comply with congressional legislation in July mandating tougher action on Russia.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/30/russia-kremlin-list-trump-administration-forbes
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