World & Nation
He is an aluminum tycoon, one of Russia’s wealthiest businessmen, and is tight with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
March 24, 2017
Politics
In a rebuke to the Trump administration, more than 130 Republicans joined House Democrats in opposing a Treasury Department plan to lift Russian sanctions against companies controlled by a Vladimir Putin ally.
Jan. 17, 2019
Russia began blocking opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s website on Thursday after the country’s communications regulator threatened to shut down access to YouTube and Instagram if the social media sites did not remove the anti-corruption crusader’s posts on a Kremlin-connected oligarch.
Feb. 15, 2018
March 30, 2017
When the White House announced the latest sanctions against Russia, the list of targets included seven of the country’s billionaires.
April 7, 2018
Business
Russia’s Rusal is buying rival Sual and assets of a Swiss trading firm in an acquisition that would supplant Alcoa.
Oct. 10, 2006
A former high-ranking FBI counterintelligence official has been indicted on charges he helped a Russian oligarch, in violation of U.S. sanctions.
Jan. 23, 2023
Russia began to feel the pinch from the latest round of U.S. sanctions Monday as the ruble dropped nearly 2% against the dollar and stocks took their biggest drop since the world reacted to Moscow’s annexation of Crimea.
April 9, 2018
President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, secretly worked for a Russian billionaire to advance the interests of Russian President Vladimir Putin a decade ago and proposed an ambitious political strategy to undermine anti-Russian opposition across former Soviet republics, the Associated Press has learned.
March 22, 2017
In the middle of Donald Trump’s presidential run, then-campaign Chairman Paul Manafort said he was willing to provide “private briefings” about the campaign to a Russian billionaire the U.S. government considers close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Sept. 20, 2017