Deripaska relinquished control in both in as part of his deal with Washington that removed those companies from the blacklist but kept him on it. The Kremlin declined to comment when asked about the FBI raids on Wednesday, adding that it did not know what prompted the searches but was ready to defend the rights and interests of Russian citizens if they were affected. Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest Reuters legal news and headlines delivered to your inbox.
See all. More from Reuters. Sign up for The Daily Docket Subscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest Reuters legal news and headlines delivered to your inbox. Sign up. Industry Insight. Steve Mnuchin, then Treasury secretary, said the move was a response to Russian meddling in the US presidential election, which Moscow denies. A year later US President Donald Trump lifted sanctions on three firms linked to Mr Deripaska after he ceded control, a move criticised by Democrat politicians.
Sanctions remained on the magnate himself, however. Mr Deripaska also has links with Paul Manafort, a former campaign manager for President Trump, who was convicted of fraud before his pardon by Mr Trump in December Trump pardons former advisers Stone and Manafort.
US slaps sanctions on key Putin allies. US sanctions hit Russian shares. Conway said he has never seen Deripaska at the home. Deripaska, who is a longtime associate of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort , was among two dozen Russian oligarchs and officials who were sanctioned by the Treasury Department in April He sued the U. Deripaska has appealed the ruling. NBC News reported in January that the Russian tycoon had been repeatedly denied a visa to enter the United States over his alleged ties to organized crime.
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