Rossm write about the making of Medvedchuk in the sanctions list of the USA

Russian media say that the new sanctions list of the USA of the roughly 300 people close to Russian President Vladimir Putinentered the Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk.

First on the new sanctions list wrote Russian newspaper Kommersant , citing its sources in Washington. According to the publication, the White house compiled a list of senior Russian entrepreneurs and businessmen from Putin’s entourage will include about 50 people, and given their family members in the list will be about 300 Russians. However, no names of the newspaper’s source did not name, but noted that the document will be submitted no later than January 29.

After that, information on the new sanctions list USA, published by a Russian website Rain with reference to the Russian politician Oleg Mitvol, who allegedly was the list itself. Russian claims that the list was provided its source in foreign policy circles. Mitvol said that concerned about the situation because it is a depositor of the savings Bank of the Russian Federation, which made the list.

The rain has published a number of names from this document, the Ukrainians got Viktor Yanukovych, his son Oleksandr, Mykola Azarov, Viktor Medvedchuk. Among the Russians, supposedly included in the list, Mitvol called Peter Kolbin, Arkady and Roman Rotenberg, Kirill and Yuri Kovalchuk, etc. All sanctions list consists of 568 people and companies.

However, the Russian Agency RBC argues that Mitvol list “was old”. On replica RBK that on the website of the U.S. Treasury already was spread information that the European “daughter” of Sberbank of Russia came under sanctions, Mitvol said that “such a list not seen.”

A spokesman for the American Embassy in the Russian Federation Maria Olson, commenting on the document, told RBC that “Mr Mitvol himself the best way to comment on how it was compiled the list.”

However, today the Verkhovna Rada Deputy from BPP Ivan Vinnik in the air of 112 Ukraine said that it has no information about possible inclusion in the sanctions list of the USA, Viktor Medvedchuk.

“From the informed sources it became known that Medvedchuk USA contribute to the sanctions list in connection with the Russian aggression against Ukraine,” said winnick.

As you know, Medvedchuk is a Ukrainian representative in the humanitarian sub-group of the trilateral contact group on the Donbas.

Today at the briefing in the White house, the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin saidthat the U.S. is working to impose new sanctions against Russia and will announce them soon.

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