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8 of January, 23:04

In the U.S. Congress urged to postpone the lifting of sanctions against Russian companies . The chairmen of the seven committees of the chamber authorized the U.S. Congress on Tuesday asked the U.S. Treasury urging them to delay the removal of penalties from organizations Oleg Deripaska's EN , "RUSAL" and " EuroSibEnergo ", the report on the Internet representation of the Department on international relations.

According to the congressmen, they want to test how justified the removal of penalties. While the Committee stressed that the Congress was notified About the removal of penalties from organizations Carpaski right before leaving for a long break in the work, which began the "shutdown" Federal agencies "complicate the completion of our consideration of this issue during the 30-day period provided CAATSA (the law" On combating the enemies of America through punishment " - ed.)".

in this regard, the congressmen made a proposal to the Minister of Finance to meet and discuss all aspects. The authors of the letter are waiting for a response before the end of the day on the last working day of the week, eleven Jan.

the U.S. Treasury on December 19 said that he wants 30 days to exclude from the sanctions list En , "RUSAL" and " EuroSibEnergo ", controlled by Oleg Deripaska, as the businessman will reduce his share in them. He Deripaska will remain in the list. Its assets, where he owns more than 50%, will remain locked.

USA in the beginning of April introduced a fresh penalties against Russia, for example, brought in "black list" (SDN list) Oleg Deripaska and En controlled Group, " GAZ Group ", the "Basic element" and " RUSAL ". Adding to the list of block of assets in the United States and a ban on any business with these companies for the American people, including any transactions with debt and equity instruments. The U.S. Treasury Department from the very beginning gave a month for the sale of shares and debt instruments of these organizations and two months to complete the existing contracts and the termination of cooperation with companies - the limits were obliged to enter into force on 7 may and 5 June, respectively. Then these terms are many times extended, most recently until January 21.



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