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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWith sanctions lifted, Trump transition member gets board position on Russian oligarch's company
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A member of President Trumps transition team was announced as a new board member of a company owned by Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska as soon as the Treasury Department lifted sanctions on Deripaskas companies Sunday.
On Sunday, the Treasury Department lifted the sanctions on three companies owned by Deripaska 10 months after it imposed them, citing Russias malign activity around the globe. Deripaska, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was also personally sanctioned because the government accused him of threats to rivals, bribing government officials and links to organized crime.
As part of the deal to have the sanctions lifted, Deripaska agreed to dilute his control of EN+, the parent company of the Russian aluminum giant Rusal.
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On Monday, EN+ announced seven new board directors, including Christopher Burnham, who served on Trumps State Department transition team and previously worked as an executive at Deutsche Bank. Burnham also previously worked as undersecretary general for management of the United Nations under George W. Bush, when Trumps national security adviser John Bolton was the UN ambassador. A news release from EN+ cited his work in the Bush administration and at Deutsche Bank but did not mention his role on the Trump team.
https://www.salon.com/2019/01/30/with-sanctions-lifted-trump-transition-member-gets-board-position-on-russian-oligarchs-company/
The first of many patronage jobs.
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With sanctions lifted, Trump transition member gets board position on Russian oligarch's company (Original Post)
TheBlackAdder
Jan 2019
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kysrsoze
(6,022 posts)1. FFS. Could it all be any more blatantly obvious?
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)2. Another well-planned coincidence
ck4829
(35,077 posts)3. K&R
Turbineguy
(37,339 posts)4. Fuck America
Jobs for Trumps buddies.