The US Treasury Department has released a list, comprising 114 Russian politicians and 96 businessmen, who may face sanctions.
The release of the so-called “Kremlin report” mentioning Russia’s top government officials is an unprecedented case, it should be thoroughly analyzed, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday.
“It is necessary to analyze this publication, analyze the fact of publishing such a list mentioning the highest members of the Russian government, which is quite unprecedented, as well as other issues as broadly as possible. After the analysis, probably, it will be possible to draw some conclusions. I would rather not get ahead of ourselves in this case,” Peskov told reporters.
Most senior officials of the Russian presidential administration have been added to the so-called “Kremlin Report,” that could pave way for more anti-Russia sanctions, the document, released on Monday, reads.
The list includes a number of high-ranking Russian officials, including Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who served as president from 2008 until 2012.
First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov, Deputy Prime Ministers Vitaly Mutko, Dmitry Rogozin, Arkady Dvorkovich, as well as Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, Economic Development Minister Maxim Oreshkin, Energy Minister Aleksander Novak, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Internal Affairs Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Transport Minister, Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov and 17 more senior cabinet members are included in the document.
The head of Russia’s leading bank Sberbank, German Gref, is also in the newly released list.
According to the document, Presidential Administration Head Anton Vaino, his first Deputies Alexei Gromov and Sergei Kiriyenko, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, Presidential aides Vladislav Surkov, Yury Ushakov, Vladimir Kozhin and Andrei Fursenko, as well as 35 other senior officials of the presidential administration are included in the document.
“To determine the list of oligarchs, the Department of the Treasury enumerated those individuals who, according reliable public sources, have an estimated net worth of $1 billion or more,” the document read.
Source: Sputnik
