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The Kremlin List, published at the end of January by the US Treasury, despite formal compilation criteria, already affects the work of Russian companies. This was stated by the head of the Council of the Center for Strategic Development Alexei Kudrin on the sidelines of the RSPP congress in Moscow, Interfax reports .

“Of course, he affects, and now those who are on the list also affects the list. Already put up additional control measures from Western partners and banks. That is, it is not just the sanctions that will come, unfortunately,” said the ex -Minister of Finance. “But, of course, our own organization and our own rules within our country are still key factors. Partial losses that we have on the external (field. - Ed.). "

Kudrin believes that the very publication of the list “We will, of course, survive”, and so far we should not “run ahead” with the prediction of the possible introduction of new restrictions on its basis. “Now it’s hard to say. I hope that this list will not substantially increase its negative consequences. But I hope that there will be no large escalation of new sanctions,” the head of the Council of the CSR said.

The inclusion in the Kremlin List will lead to the partners more careful, his defendant, the head of Lukoil, Vagit Alekperov, believes . “This is already a real list, the very fact of the existence of this list is the negative,” the billionaire noted. “I do not understand the principle of forming this list. Of course, this does not entail anything good because Lukoil works in the global market. Of course, our partners will more carefully approach our company. We have not yet appreciated the danger, maybe there will be a delay in agreement of credit resources, attracting funds for our projects ". At the same time, according to Alekperov, the bankers have not yet requested additional documents.

Presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov agreed with the opinion of the head of Lukoil, RBC reports . “Today there will be communication (Vladimir Putin. - Ed.) With businessmen, and businessmen are free to talk about the difficulties that could have arisen. And that the list can hardly be called positive, probably everyone will agree with Alekperov,” Peskov said.

On January 30, the US Treasury published the Kremlin List, prepared in accordance with the law adopted in the summer of 2017, the Law "On Combating the Enemies of America through sanctions" 210 Russians were included in the list: 114 officials and heads of state -owned companies and 96 billionaires. Among the defendants in the list are actually all the highest leadership of Russia, with the exception of Vladimir Putin. Critics of the document noted that he repeats the Forbes list and a list of officials from the Kremlin and Government sites.

The next day, the head of the Ministry of Finance, Steve Menushin, at a hearing in Congress, stated thatsanctions would be imposed against a number of defendants in the Kremlin List. At the same time, the official emphasized that the inclusion in the list does not mean that restrictive measures will be applied to the face. Menushin noted that the secret part of the report includes "hundreds of pages", while the open occupies nine.

The head of the Ministry of Finance rejected the charges of congressmen-democrats of "slowness" with the introduction of sanctions. “We will take this report as a basis and think about how we make and always when we should impose sanctions,” Menushin said. “This does not mean that we will not impose sanctions on anyone from this list. I do not think that we are slow: the list is published last night. We expect that we will discuss the situation behind closed doors.”

On February 1, Assistant Minister of Finance for Public Relations Tony Sayyg said that the “incorrect interpretation” of the report has spread widely. According to him, the unexpected part of the document is really based on public materials, including websites, government documents and news in the media, while the classified part is written using intelligence sources and methods. At the same time, the official again stated that sanctions would follow in relation to a number of defendants in the secret part.

“The Ministry of Finance made it clear that we are focused on countering the destabilizing activities of Russia,” Sayyg said. “The secret application is included in the report to avoid the potential output of the assets by persons and organizations, as well as to prevent the disclosure of confidential information.”