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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs don trump getting kickbacks from Oleg Deripaska????
Trump lifts sanctions on firms linked to Russian oligarch Oleg DeripaskaThe Trump administration has lifted sanctions on three companies, including the aluminum giant Rusal, linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. Democrats had led a push in Congress to continue the restrictions.
Earlier this month, Senate Republicans blocked an effort to keep the sanctions on Rusal, En+ Group and JSC EuroSibEnergo.
Some lawmakers from both parties have said it is inappropriate to ease sanctions on companies tied to Deripaska, an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin, while special counsel Robert Mueller investigates whether Trumps 2016 presidential campaign colluded with Moscow.
Deripaska had ties with Paul Manafort, Trumps former campaign manager. Manafort pleaded guilty in September 2018 to attempted witness tampering and conspiring against the United States.
Earlier this month, Senate Republicans blocked an effort to keep the sanctions on Rusal, En+ Group and JSC EuroSibEnergo.
Some lawmakers from both parties have said it is inappropriate to ease sanctions on companies tied to Deripaska, an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin, while special counsel Robert Mueller investigates whether Trumps 2016 presidential campaign colluded with Moscow.
Deripaska had ties with Paul Manafort, Trumps former campaign manager. Manafort pleaded guilty in September 2018 to attempted witness tampering and conspiring against the United States.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/27/us-lifts-sanctions-oleg-deripaska-russia
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Is don trump getting kickbacks from Oleg Deripaska???? (Original Post)
spanone
Jan 2019
OP
Lifting these sanctions themselves was a crime but it will only be shown in the fullness of time.
Rainbow Droid
Jan 2019
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Wounded Bear
(58,693 posts)1. Is the Pope a Catholic?
Would a wild bear shit in the woods?
Would a fish fart in a stream?
Do cows eat grass?
Feel free to add your own.
Jeffersons Ghost
(15,235 posts)4. Does Faux News lie?
PJMcK
(22,044 posts)7. Regarding your second question
We have a mountain house in the Catskills and there are bears living in the forest around us.
Last summer, while mowing the lawn, I found a pile of bear droppings. So the answer to your question is, "No, the bears don't shit in the woods. They do it on my front lawn."
meow2u3
(24,768 posts)10. Does a pet cat pee in the litterbox?
Is water wet at room temperature?
Is ice cold?
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)2. I think it more likely,
That he is trying to use the United States Treasury to pay his old bills.
Just my opinion.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)3. Does a bear shit in the woods?
PJMcK
(22,044 posts)8. Please see my response #7 above (n/t)
Autumn
(45,120 posts)9. What did you do to offend the bear?
Sneederbunk
(14,298 posts)5. Just following Putin orders.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)6. Watch a Deripaska company wind up with part of "The Wall" contract.
Rainbow Droid
(722 posts)11. Lifting these sanctions themselves was a crime but it will only be shown in the fullness of time.
blogslut
(38,007 posts)12. Deripaska's firm hired a former member of Trump's transition team right after sanctions were lifted
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/27/us/politics/trump-russia-sanctions-deripaska.html
...After the sanctions were officially lifted, EN+ announced the appointment of seven new directors under the deal, including Christopher Bancroft Burnham, a banker who served on Mr. Trumps State Department transition team and worked in George W. Bushs State Department.
triron
(22,011 posts)13. The Guardian also reported Manafort meeting secretly with Assange in 2013, 2015, and 2016: