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janhoglund

…Manafort signed a $10 million annual contract with Deripaska. In return, the American proposed a wide-ranging political plan to undermine Putin’s opponents in Europe and the United States and in former Soviet republics.
—Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win
#manafort #deripaska #putin #oligarchy

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janhoglund

Manafort began working for Oleg Deripaska, a billionaire Russian oligarch… Deripaska’s alleged ties to the mafia meant that for some years he was unable to get an American visa. … Like all superrich Russians Deripaska perfectly understood Putin’s requirements. When called upon, you did what the president commanded.
—Luke Harding, Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money, and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win
#manafort #deripaska #putin #usa #russia #oligarchy

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Lisa

#Manafort did not take a salary from the campaign but immediately let #Deripaska know about his new position.
Russian operatives told Manafort that in exchange for a promise to turn U.S. policy toward #Russia, they would work to get Trump elected. They wanted #Trump to look the other way as #Putin took control of eastern #Ukraine through a “peace” plan that would end the war in #Crimea, weaken #NATO, and remove U.S. sanctions from Russian entities.
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The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]

Ukraine Daily summary - Friday, January 31 2025

Russia's Soviet-era military stockpile running low, faces equipment shortages -- Ukrainian defense tech company Huless raises over $1 million for tethered drone systems -- Georgescu has 'masters in Moscow' — Kyiv slams Romanian politician over comments on Ukraine's partition -- For Ukraine’s female partisans in occupation, hope lies in resistance

writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U

writeworks.ukUkraine Daily summary - Friday, January 31 2025Russia's Soviet-era military stockpile running low, faces equipment shortages -- Ukrainian defense tech company Huless raises over $1 million for tethered drone systems -- Georgescu has 'masters in Moscow' — Kyiv slams Romanian politician over comments on Ukraine's partition -- For Ukraine’s female partisans in occupation, hope lies in resistance
#sweden#romania#путин
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Wendy Siegelman

Key Putin oligarchs still profiting from trade with Europe, despite sanctions

Companies partially owned by billionaires closely tied to Putin continue to export their products to Western markets without disruption

A loophole allowing firms to operate in EU if sanctioned individuals hold less than 50% of shares enables oligarchs like Gennady Timchenko, Alisher Usmanov, and Oleg Deripaska to reap profits

#Russianoligarchs #Russiansanctions #Deripaska #Timchenko #Usmanov

theins.ru/en/corruption/277396

The InsiderThe regime's minority stakeholders: Key Putin oligarchs still profiting from trade with Europe, despite sanctionsCompanies partially owned by billionaires closely tied to Vladimir Putin continue to export their products to Western markets without disruption. An investigation by The Insider revealed that even individuals under sanctions are earning billions from deals with EU countries. They exploit a loophole that allows firms to operate freely in EU markets so long as sanctioned individuals hold less than 50% of the company’s shares. This loophole enables some of the most controversial oligarchs, including Gennady Timchenko, Alisher Usmanov, and Oleg Deripaska, to reap massive profits from trade with Europe.
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Wendy Siegelman

Justice Dept Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against Sanctioned Oligarch’s U.S. Music Studio Sale Proceeds

A civil forfeiture complaint was filed for $3.4 million from sale of CA music studio, alleging proceeds, beneficially owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, are from sanctions violations

#olegderipaska #deripaska #russiansanctions

justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-dep

www.justice.gov · Justice Department Files Civil Forfeiture Complaint Against Sanctioned Oligarch’s U.S. Music Studio Sale ProceedsA civil forfeiture complaint was filed today for $3.4 million in proceeds from the sale of a music studio in Burbank, California. The complaint alleges that the proceeds, which are beneficially owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, are the proceeds of sanctions violations. An indictment charging Deripaska with sanctions violations had been unsealed on Sept. 29, 2022, and
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Hanse Mina

Western-sanctioned Russian tycoon Oleg #Deripaska repeated his calls for a Russian-Ukrainian ceasefire and slammed #Moscow’s war spending in an interview with Japanese media published Thursday.

"If you want to stop the war, first you need to stop the fire," Deripaska told #Japan’s The Nikkei daily, calling for an "immediate, unconditional ceasefire.”

themoscowtimes.com/2024/08/09/

The Moscow Times · Tycoon Deripaska Slams Russia’s Spending on ‘Mad’ Invasion of UkraineBy The Moscow Times
#Ukraine#Russia
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Stefan Geier, Haidholzen

Die aktuelle Brenner-Nordzulauf-Planung im Raum Rosenheim Ost (z.Bsp. Stephanskirchen, Riedering, Rohrdorf, Samerberg etc.) ... ist falsch.
Pro Bestandsstreckenausbau!
Euer Stefan Geier, Haidholzen

#Brennernordzulauf #brennerbasistunnel #brenner #STRABAG #ZÜBLIN #Putin #Deripaska #Zumtobel #OVB #DB #ÖBB

ovb-heimatzeitungen.de/rosenhe

OVB Heimatzeitungen | Italien drückt beim Brenner-Südzulauf mächtig aufs Tempo
5. August 2024 12:36 6. August 2024

OVB HeimatzeitungenOVB Heimatzeitungen | Italien drückt beim Brenner-Südzulauf mächtig aufs Tempo
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Chuck Darwin

Paul Manafort has been back channeling campaign tips through top Trump aides since last year, Republicans tell 24sight News

Sources say Manafort worked through senior campaign advisor Chris #LaCivita and veteran pollster Tony #Fabrizio behind the scenes,
but Trump camp denies direct involvement

Leaders of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence were taken aback by Manafort’s ♦️promotion of Russian interests, ♦️
fingering him as part of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s coordinated effort to influence the Trump campaign and sway the 2016 election.

They spent years investigating how Manafort, working with Russian intelligence officer #Konstantin #Kilimnik and pro-Russian #oligarchs in Ukraine, did #Putin’s bidding. 

“The Committee found that Manafort's presence on the Campaign and proximity to Trump created 💥opportunities for Russian intelligence services to exert influence over, and acquire confidential information on the Trump Campaign,” 💥Senate lawmakers wrotein their five-volume report on Russia’s election interference.

“Taken as a whole, Manafort's high-level access and willingness to share information with individuals closely affiliated with the Russian intelligence services,
particularly #Kilimnik and associates of Oleg #Deripaska,
represented a grave counterintelligence threat.”

The FBI is offering a $250,000 reward for Kilimnik’s capture and has placed him on the Most Wanted list.

But Trump’s allies have broadly disputed Kilimnik’s ties to Russian intelligence.

A few months after negotiating an early release from prison in May 2020, by pleading that he was in danger of contracting Covid-19,
Manafort  set up the shell company which would become his ticket to rejoining Trumpworld.

24sight News broke the news about Manafort’s stealth comeback bid, via Winter Solstice Holdings LLC, in March

24sight.news/p/24sight-exclusi

24sight News · EXCLUSIVE: Paul Manafort has been back channeling campaign tips through top Trump aides since last year, Republicans tell 24sight NewsBy Tom LoBianco
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Hanse Mina

#Raiffeisen Bank International was warned by the #US Treasury in writing that its access to the U.S. financial system could be curbed because of its #Russia dealings, according to a person who has seen the correspondence.

While the deal linked to Oleg #Deripaska was ditched by Raiffeisen days after the letter arrived, the source said that the U.S. Treasury's concerns over the Austrian bank's business in Russia remain.

reuters.com/business/us-warned

#Austria#EU#Ukraine
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Wendy Siegelman

US exposes attempted sanctions evasion scheme involving Oleg Deripaska's frozen shares in Austrian co Strabag worth $1.5 billion

Treasury sanctions Russian national Dmitrii Beloglazov, his 2 companies Iliadis & Titul and Deripaska company Rasperia Trading Ltd

Deripaska coordinated with Beloglazov owner of Titul which created subsidiary Iliadis. Iliadis acquired Derpiaska's Rasperia which holds frozen Strabag shares.

#Deripaska #RussianSanctions #SanctionsEvasion

home.treasury.gov/news/press-r

U.S. Department of the TreasuryU.S. Exposes Attempted Sanctions Evasion Scheme Connected to Russian OligarchWASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated one Russian individual and three Russia-based companies involved in an attempted sanctions evasion scheme in which an opaque and complex supposed divestment could have unfrozen more than $1.5 billion worth of shares belonging to U.S.-designated Russian oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska (Deripaska).OFAC designated Deripaska on April 6, 2018 pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 13661 for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a senior official of the Government of the Russian Federation as well as pursuant to E.O. 13662 for operating in the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy. Deripaska is also sanctioned by Australia, Canada, the European Union, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. On September 29, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice charged Deripaska with conspiring to violate and evade U.S. sanctions in violation of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.“Treasury will continue to take action to protect the integrity of our multilateral sanctions regime and stop evasion by the Kremlin and its oligarch enablers,” said Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Brian E. Nelson. “Anyone still doing business in or with Russia should be skeptical of supposed divestment schemes that involve shell companies or proxies linked to sanctioned oligarchs. Corporate sales and acquisitions can be abused for money laundering and sanctions evasion.”In June 2023, Deripaska coordinated with Russian national Dmitrii Aleksandrovich Beloglazov (Beloglazov), the owner of Russia-based financial services firm Obshchestvo S Ogranichennoi Otvetstvennostiu Titul (Titul), on a planned transaction to sell Deripaska’s frozen shares in a European company. Within weeks of this coordination, Russia-based financial services firm Aktsionernoe Obshchestvo Iliadis (Iliadis) was established as a subsidiary of Titul. In early 2024, Iliadis acquired Russia-based investment holding company International Company Joint Stock Company Rasperia Trading Limited (Rasperia), which holds Deripaska’s frozen shares. Today, Beloglazov, Titul, and Iliadis were designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 for operating or having operated in the financial services sector of the Russian Federation economy. Rasperia was designated pursuant to E.O. 14024 for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, Iliadis. This scheme is consistent with typologies highlighted by the multilateral Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs (REPO) Task Force in a March 9, 2023 Global Advisory. As noted in the REPO Task Force Global Advisory, sanctioned Russian individuals leverage complex ownership structures to disguise their connections to particular assets or entities and use enablers to aid evasion efforts. A March 7, 2022 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Alert also identified certain red flags, including the use of corporate vehicles to obscure ownership and source of funds and the use of third parties to shield the identify of sanctioned persons, to assist financial institutions in identifying potential Russian sanctions evasion attempts.SANCTIONS IMPLICATIONSAs a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of the persons above that are in the United States or in the possession or control of U.S. persons are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. In addition, any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked. All transactions by U.S. persons or within (or transiting) the United States that involve any property or interests in property of designated or blocked persons are prohibited unless authorized by a general or specific license issued by OFAC, or exempt. These prohibitions include the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any blocked person and the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person. In addition, sufficient due diligence should be conducted to determine that any purported divestment in fact occurred and that the transfer of ownership interests was not merely a sham transaction.The power and integrity of OFAC sanctions derive not only from OFAC’s ability to designate and add persons to the SDN List, but also from its willingness to remove persons from the SDN List consistent with the law. The ultimate goal of sanctions is not to punish, but to bring about a positive change in behavior. For information concerning the process for seeking removal from an OFAC list, including the SDN List, please refer to OFAC’s FAQ 897 here. For detailed information on the process to submit a request for removal from an OFAC sanctions list, please click here.For identifying information on the individual and entities sanctioned today, click here. ###
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Hanse Mina

#Raiffeisen Bank International AG canceled a complex share deal aimed at bringing capital out of #Russia after scrutiny by regulators.

The planned transaction would have allowed the Austrian lender to repatriate about €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) of retained profits from its Russian unit. It involved the purchase of shares in an Austrian construction company that were previously held by sanctioned businessman Oleg #Deripaska.

bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

#EU#Austria#Ukraine
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The Kyiv Independent [unofficial]

Ukraine Daily Summary - Thursday, May 2

Russia low on fuel after Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries -- Russia to increase arms production, speed up weapons deliveries -- Smelling weakness, Russia presses advantage in Donetsk Oblast -- Russia reportedly attacks postal depot in Odesa, injuring at least 14 -- Nepalese mercenaries desert Russian army in droves -- and more

writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/U

writeworks.ukUkraine Daily Summary - Thursday, May 2Russia low on fuel after Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries -- Russia to increase arms production, speed up weapons deliveries -- Smelling weakness, Russia presses advantage in Donetsk Oblast -- Russia reportedly attacks postal depot in Odesa, injuring at least 14 -- Nepalese mercenaries desert Russian army in droves -- and more
#Odesa#gasoline#misinformation
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Wendy Siegelman

Charles McGonigal, Former Special Agent in Charge of the New York FBI Counterintelligence Division Sentenced to 50 Months for Conspiring to Violate U.S. Sanctions on Russia - in connection to 2021 agreement to provide services to Oleg Deripaska

#charlesmcgonigal #mcgonigal #RussianSanctions #Russia #olegderipaska #deripaska

justice.gov/opa/pr/former-spec

www.justice.gov · Former Special Agent in Charge of the New York FBI Counterintelligence Division Sentenced to 50 Months for Conspiring to Violate U.S. Sanctions on RussiaA former Special Agent in Charge (SAC) of the FBI Counterintelligence Division in New York, was sentenced to 50 months in prison and ordered to pay a $40,000 fine for conspiring to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and to commit money laundering in connection with his 2021 agreement to provide services to Oleg Deripaska, a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
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Wendy Siegelman

Charles McGonigal, ex-FBI Special Agent in charge of NYC Field Office, pleaded guilty to concealing material facts re: receipt of $225K from individual with business interests in Albania while McGonigal supervised counterintelligence efforts.

justice.gov/opa/pr/retired-fbi

In Aug. McGonigal pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate US sanctions on Russia and money laundering connected to services to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska

justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/forme

www.justice.gov · Retired FBI Special Agent in Charge Pleads Guilty to Concealing Information from the FBICharles F. McGonigal, 54, a former FBI Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office, pleaded guilty today to concealment of material facts for his undisclosed receipt of $225,000 in cash from an individual who had business interests in Europe while McGonigal was supervising counterintelligence efforts. 
#CharlesMcGonigal#McGonigal#Deripaska
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