The co-author of the “Kremlin report” announced the substitution of the list

So-called "Kremlin list» The US Treasury Department, which lists 210 Russian officials and businessmen close to Vladimir Putin, was changed “at the last minute” before being sent to the US Congress. He writes about this “Medusa“, with reference to Swedish economist and Atlantic Council expert Anders Åslund, who participated in the drafting of recommendations for the document.

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According to him, the published “Kremlin phonebook” will only eventually unite the Russian elite around Putin, although experts intended to achieve the opposite effect.

At the last moment, a high-ranking official - no one knows who he is - dropped all the work of the experts and instead entered in the report the names of top officials from the presidential administration and the Russian government and 96 billionaires from the list Forbes. By their actions, this high-ranking official ridiculed the government experts who prepared the list.

29 In January, the US Treasury Department released a list of 114 Russian officials and 96 "oligarchs" who "are close to the president of Russia and affect the Russian economy."

It is assumed that personal sanctions may be imposed against these people.

The publication of the "Kremlin list" has caused many complaints. In particular, American officials were reproached with the fact that the "list of oligarchs" literally repeats the rating Forbes Russian businessmen, whose wealth exceeds a billion dollars.

The US Treasury Department has already recognized this fact, stating that when compiling the document open sources were used, in particular, the websites Forbes and kremlin.ru.

The publication of the "Kremlin report" of the USA caused violent reaction of Russian officials and politicians of different levels, especially those who were on the lists themselves. Not silent in the European Union.

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