Buzzfeed: Trump Administration Admits It Cribbed From Forbes Magazine To Create “Oligarch List”
The revelation is likely to invite criticism that a congressionally mandated list designed to punish Russia for interfering in the US election was put together haphazardly.
The striking similarity between a newly released Treasury Department report of Russian oligarchs and a 2017 list of wealthy Russians published in Forbes magazine is no coincidence.
On Tuesday, a Treasury Department spokesperson confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the unclassified annex of the report was derived from Forbes’ ranking of the “200 richest businessmen in Russia 2017.”
The revelation is likely to invite criticisms of the thoroughness of the Treasury Department’s report and reinforce the notion that the list is primarily a who’s who of the Russian elite rather than an official accounting of Kremlin-linked political corruption as some US lawmakers intended.
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WNU Editor: Here are the Russian oligarchs on the "US Treasury list" .... Russia’s Abramovich, Kerimov and Kaspersky on US Treasury Department’s 'oligarchs list' (TASS). Here are some more .... Russian PM Medvedev & other top figures included in ‘Kremlin List’ (RT).
Update: The complete list is here.
U.S. Treasury List Of Russian Oligarchs Targeted For Sanctions Came From A Forbes List (Updated)
US releases list including names of Russian oligarchs but declines to implement new sanctions -- The Hill
Mnuchin Says Russia Sanctions Coming After 'Oligarchs' Report -- Bloomberg
Trump Administration Defends Decision Not to Immediately Impose New Russia Sanctions -- Voice of America
Mnuchin defends Russia sanctions delay -- Politico
'People don't trust the president on Russia': Senators grill Treasury Secretary Mnuchin on sanctions -- CNBC
U.S. Treasury names 200 figures close to Vladimir Putin -- UPI
Russian PM Medvedev, FM Lavrov & other top figures included in US Treasury’s ‘Kremlin List’ -- RT
Trump Administration Says No to New Russia Sanctions, Yes to Cribbing From Forbes -- Foreign Policy
