The Guardian: Oligarchs from the Russian Federation are in panic because of new sanctions and go to the USA

Russian oligarchs are traveling en masse to Washington with lobbyists and lawyers to understand what to expect from new sanctions, writes on Tuesday, November 28, The Guardian columnist Natalie Nougered.

Dan Fried, an analyst at the Atlantic Council, told Nugered about this. According to the columnist, Fried admitted that he had never seen "anything like it". First of all, the Russian oligarchs are worried about whether a black list of businessmen will be drawn up against whom personal sanctions will be imposed. Natalie Nugered notes that the sanctions, which were voted unanimously in the US Parliament, are inconvenient for both Russian President Vladimir Putin and his colleague Donald Trump, who wanted to build closer relations with the Russian president. This, according to The Guardian observer, explains why the US presidential administration has not yet implemented the sanctions.

The new US sanctions against Russia were introduced in the wake of the Democratic Party email hack, in which US intelligence agencies blamed Russian government-controlled hackers. The Russian government denies the allegations. On October 27, it was reported that the Trump administration had begun implementing sanctions legislation .