Sanctions Revive Search for Secret Putin Fortune - NYTimes.com
“…officials said they hoped to get Mr. Putin’s attention by targeting figures close to him like Mr. Timchenko, and other business magnates like Yuri V. Kovalchuk, Vladimir I. Yakunin and Arkady and Boris Rotenberg."Among those likely to be on Monday’s list, officials said, are Igor Sechin, president of the Rosneft state oil company, and Aleksei Miller, head of the Gazprom state energy giant."
…but there’s something a little ironic—and sad—and revealing about the Obama administration’s apparent belief that attacking the rich guys in Russia will somehow chastise Putin and bring Truth and Justice to the world, given the same administration’s tippy-toe pandering to our oligarchs here at home.
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