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triron

(21,984 posts) Fri Oct 18, 2019, 11:57 AM Oct 2019

Federal investigators still after Deripaska.

Link to tweet

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-18/deripaska-linked-firm-was-raided-for-undisclosed-u-s-inquiry

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Federal investigators still after Deripaska. (Original Post) triron Oct 2019 OP

Another name we will probably here about... VarryOn Oct 2019 #1

McConnell and Quid Pro Quo? Jacoby365 Oct 2019 #2

I sure hope investigators can pin something on McConnell. triron Oct 2019 #3

VarryOn

(2,343 posts)

1. Another name we will probably here about...

Reply to triron (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2019, 12:32 PM

Oct 2019

Is Victor Pinchuk, a Ukranian.

These billionaires played in our politics as a hobby.

As with any oligarch, they are friends of Vladimir.

Jacoby365

(450 posts)

2. McConnell and Quid Pro Quo?

Reply to triron (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2019, 12:41 PM

Oct 2019

"Some companies formerly controlled by Deripaska were removed from the blacklist in January, following a successful effort by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to lift the sanctions. One of Deripaska’s companies subsequently committed funds to a new aluminum plant to be built in McConnell’s home state, Kentucky.

The billionaire himself remains under U.S. sanction, which means American citizens and entities are prohibited from dealing with him."

triron

(21,984 posts)

3. I sure hope investigators can pin something on McConnell.

Reply to Jacoby365 (Reply #2)

Fri Oct 18, 2019, 01:55 PM

Oct 2019

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