The Trump administration late Monday released a long-awaited list of 114 Russian politicians and 96 “oligarchs” who have flourished during the reign of President Vladimir Putin, fulfilling a demand by Congress that the US punish Moscow for interfering in the 2016 US election. Known informally as the “Putin list,” the seven-page unclassified document is a who’s who of politically connected Russians in the country’s elite class. Being on the list doesn’t trigger any US sanctions on the individuals, although more than a dozen are already targeted under earlier sanctions. The Trump administration had until Monday to issue the list under a law passed last year. Drawing on US intelligence, Treasury also finalized a list of at least partially state-owned companies in Russia, but that list, too, was classified and sent only to Congress.

Source: Egypt Independent January 30, 2018 06:11 UTC