Western customers stopped buying from the aluminum company he controls, sinking its share price and shaving Deripaska’s fortune from $6.7 billion to $3.4 billion, according to Forbes estimates. Russian lawmakers say the measures could prompt Moscow to halt exports of its RD-180 rocket engines, which the United States uses to launch government satellites. Deripaska’s camp is dangling the threat of even worse outcomes for the United States if Washington doesn’t lift the Rusal sanctions. And he is having to make serious concessions as he seeks relief for his aluminum company. Deripaska, Rusal and En+ did not respond to requests for comment.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2018 01:18 UTC