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Members of Congress sought to crush the White House in a corner and forced them to list people and businesses that would later become the target of sanctions.
President T. Trumpa was already furious with these attempts and senior officials of his administration National Security Advisor, Secretary of State and other White House advisers – quickly realized facing a difficult headache .
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When worried that US officials are simply declaring that the closest to Vladimir Putin would restore their property to Russia – in this case, the consequences of future sanctions would be in vain.
Others believed that with the secret list of relatives of V.Putin, D.Trump and his administration would continue to be accused of being too tolerant of Russia.
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The decision-making process of individuals claiming familiarity that there was controversy in every turn. Herbert Raymond McMaster, former Secretary of State for National Security, and Rex Tillseron, former Secretary of State, were extremely rigorous for Russia
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This is the version that won.On January 29, just before the end of the deadline, the Ministry of Finance copied the annual list of Forbes magazine's richest people
: some of these people no longer worked in Russia or their property was kidnapped by the Kremlin.The controversial and sometimes inconsistent policy of Russia is one of the main features of the Truman administration: Russian Prime Minister Trampov
was arrested on the occasion of the meeting with Putin, the head of the White House in Helsinki to meet Putin.The confusion – the result of the President Vladimir Putin's aversion to the strict attitude of other officials of the administration towards Russia
Administration officials admit that this confusion is the result of the l. incompatib President Vladimir Putin with Russia
Tuz Existing and existing officials have revealed an unequal treatment of Russia. Some think that the United States has succeeded in demonstrating the rigor of Moscow, others say that D. Trump himself sometimes undermined these administrative policies
Reuters / Photo by Scanpix / Robert Mueller, former director of the FBI
In addition, ongoing trials by Congress and Special Investigator Robert Müller are aimed at determining whether his campaigners were plotting against Moscow.
Kol D The President of the former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), R. Miller, calls the witch hunt, critics believe that Putin adores and denies that Moscow has some kind of compromising material , the president can only blame himself.
who is in this box – a former administration official talked about the relationship between Truman and Putin. – There may be nothing in this box. But this box is still there. "
Former Public Servant:" We do not know who is in this box. There may be nothing in this box. But this box is still there.
Face-to-face meeting
It is reported that on Monday, the presidents of the United States and Russia will face each other – there will be no councilors in the room. US officials, it is Mr. Trumm who decided to meet Putin twice
The behavior of D. Trump at this meeting is particularly important because it will focus on "hot" issues: military crisis in Ukraine, war in Syria
However, failures in the list of oligarchs remain one of the most obvious examples of how the White House fails to pursue a coherent policy for Russia. [19659002] Administration officials themselves use contradictory excuses The redistribution of the Forbes list: some describe it as the least harmful option, others are shy of this step. [19659021] The officials: "J & # 39 I started hearing bullshit. We all hoped that someone will arrive, someone will save (situation – ed.). "
" We started to hear a little "and crap ", – officials of the Treasury Department told a former official. "We all hoped that there would be someone who would save (situation – ed.)."
According to him, former colleagues informed the oligarchs closely linked to the Kremlin, but this information was transferred to a secret addendum.
A spokeswoman for the Treasury Department said that "the list was certainly not the last moment"
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The day after the publication of the Forbes list, Senator Munchin "
Some former and current officials claim that such a statement came from the Treasury Department unexpectedly and resulted in the imposition of unprecedented sanctions: they were scheduled for April 6, 17 Russian officials and their affiliates
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Other claim that the government had already provided for sanctions but prevented their appointment. Congress Barriers and Bureaucracy in US Sanctions Policy
Its seven Russian businessmen have been targeted for their "harmful" activity over the last five years: this activity involves interference in elections, cyberattacks or the involvement of Russia in conflicts in Ukraine and Syria
. Deripaska – controls the largest aluminum producer in Russia, Rusal. As a result, the sanctions have shaken the aluminum market
Therefore, the trading partners of the Department of the Treasury of Rusal, mainly from Europe, and investors in the holding company EN + d & # 39; O.Deripaska, have postponed the sanctions to reduce their commercial ties with the oligarch. The Department has been criticized for imposing sanctions on Rusal – related companies as much for the postponement of sanctions – this is not a common practice.
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"We know we have not done our homework because of the size and speed of the documents deferring the sanctions against the Rusal companies," said an officer close to the company. ;administration. "rel =" content-image "src =" https://s2.15min.lt/static/cache/NTcweCw5NDB4NTIzLDYzNTE5MyxvcmlnaW5hbCwsaWQ9MjYxNTE3NCZkYXRlPTIwMTYlMkYxMiUyRjAyLDEzMjU5OTEyNTI=/stevenas-mnuchinas-5841332ee6522.jpg "style =" width: auto; height: auto; "/>
After only 10 days, the US ambbadador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, announced that after the end of the war, the use of chemical weapons by the regime of Bashar Al Assado, sponsored by Russia in Russia, will result in additional sanctions
The sanctions do not materialize either: they trigger a speech on the US position in Moscow.
While the Truman executives are confident that the April sanctions are being negotiated with their European counterparts, they are familiar with the US and the EU, and both parties already disagree with TRUMP's decision to withdraw of the Paris Agreement: The communication denies such words
Scanpix / Sipa USA / Donald Trump threat to withdraw from the United States of NATO?
"With regard to In the sanctions of April 6, there was no coincidence with the Europeans. Anders Aslund of the Atlantic Council Research Center said: "They did not talk about it."
A European official called the sanctions a warning warning of what happens when the actions do not take place. are not sufficiently coordinated. He noted that the US stock had temporarily straddled the entire aluminum industry.
A European official has called these sanctions a warning indicating what happens when actions are not sufficiently aligned. Angela Stent, director of Eurasia, Russia and Eastern Europe, at Georgetown University, believes that by deepening the fragmentation between the United States and the United States, United and Europe, Washington actually pushed Europe to Russia
Macrona visited the annual Russian economic forum in St. Petersburg and Angela Merkel met Putin in Sochi in May
Those responsible Europeans say that Europe still wants to cooperate with the United States, but some leaders are increasingly dissatisfied with Truman. [Reuters / Scanpix] / Meeting of Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron in Saint Petersburg "rel =" content-image "src =" https://s1.15min.lt/static/cache/NTcweCwsNjI1ODAxLG9yaWdpbmFsLCxpZD0zOTIzMjQyJmRhdGU9MjAxOCUyRjA1JTJGMjUsNDI0ODgzOTQzNQ==/vladimiro-putino-ir- emmanuelio-macrono-susitikimas-sankt-peterburge-5b07bffdb600c.jpg "style =" width: auto; height: auto; "/>
Reuters / Scanpix Photo / Meeting of Vladimir Putin and Emmanuel Macron in St. Petersburg
V.Putin is only happy
] In Moscow, a number of people with long-term relations with Putin's environment say that the sanctions they have the same secret as the American critics.
"It seems that they would do it without the brain and the hands", said a person badociated with the Kremlin environment – Now everyone understands that fools make decisions, there is no logic and no sense. "
A close person Kremlin; "It seems that they would do it without the brain and hands.Now everyone understands that fools make decisions."
A Russian businessman said the purpose of the United States to impose sanctions on oligarchs in the belief that it would replace Putin's policy was not achieved.
"We do not understand all of this. If you think you can go to Putin and tell him what to do, you do not understand Russia, "said the oligarch, The Financial Times. – Putin really likes it. The mode wins. People like this because no one likes oligarchs.
European officials are afraid to meet Putin in Helsinki, Truman repeats what he did in June: he insulted the Allies at the G7 summit in Singapore, while in Singapore pressed his hand to Kim Jong Unui
John Huntsman, US Ambbadador to Russia, promised that Dr. Trumm would discuss the harmful activities of Russia and interfere in the elections
VIDEO: D. Trump and Kim Jong and an agreement was reached
"He knows the facts and the details that he has discussed, we all talk about it a little differently, but the president speaks about it in his own way," said J. Huntsman last week.
However, a former senior official sees Putin as a wise and malicious, who can exploit D. Putin could get "two for one" summit: agree that Brief will withdraw US forces from Syria, saying that Russia will then be able to control the influence of Iran, and convince the Brief that Crimea still belongs to Russia.
Putin knows how to play these games, "he said.
