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Oct 19, 2021, 17 tweets

FBI is at DC home of Oleg Deripaskađź‘€

Not sure if this is related but this October 2019 Bloomberg story described raid on Oleg Deripaska-Linked real estate company Terra Services Ltd, US prosecutors were seeking filings in criminal probe, laundering investigation grew out of Mueller's work

The FBI are at Oleg Deripaska's DC mansion which WaPo story is owned by Hestia International and operated by Gracetown Inc - the chief exec of Gracetown is Graham Bonham-Carter who worked for Terra Services

Here's the 2017 WaPo story on Deripaska's DC home

The Russian billionaire next door: Putin ally is tied to one of D.C.’s swankiest mansions

washingtonpost.com/politics/the-r…

In 2020 the UK judge said Terra can’t keep docs from US investigators, police raid that seized docs was legal & US investigation goes beyond Manafort & Gates

The FBI law enforcement activity at the Washington DC home of Russia oligarch Oleg Deripaska is connected to a federal investigation out of New York

cnn.com/2021/10/19/pol…

Update from @ChristopherJM HT @Matthew_Shadle

Deripaska spokesman confirmed searches are underway in homes belonging to his relatives in New York and Washington. Spox said Deripaska doesn't own the homes but searches related to US sanctions against him

FBI agents investigating whether Oleg Deripaska violated U.S. sanctions searched homes he has used in New York and Washington DC

In 2018 the Treasury Dept imposed sanctions against Deripaska and his aluminum company EN+ Group, Rusal and other subsidiaries
nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/…

Link to 2018 sanctions against Deripaska, EN+ Group, Rusal and some of his other companies and other Russian oligarchs and entities

home.treasury.gov/news/press-rel…

From May 2018 Rusal - which was 48% owned by Oleg Deripaska's EN+ - was set to escape sanctions after Treasury amends Russia blacklist - Aluminum giant’s owner EN+ Group was at risk of a delisting from LSE without Treasury reprieve

Dec 2018 Treasury Dept notified congress of plans to terminate sanctions on Oleg Deripaska's En+ Group, Rusal & EuroSibEnergo in 30 days


Jan 2019 Senate vote cleared way for Treasury Dept to remove Deripaska's Rusal from blacklist
https://t.co/SNLU7mRmsA

Thread on Deripaska's company Rusal and its investment in Braidy Industries in Kentucky, at the time run by Craig Bouchard who years before did prior business with Russian company Severstal

Deripaska transferred many of his company shares and ownership in property to others, including relatives, to avoid complications from sanctions

I've been following Deripaska/Rusal for years, some info in thread on how Rusal has been a key hub of people close to Putin including Viktor Vekselberg, Len Blavatnik & Matthias Warnig, Deputy Chairman of Rosneft and Managing Director of Nord Stream 2 AG

Information from @carolecadwalla on Deripaska's UK links

A recent disappointing update on the board of EN+

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