The Treasury list, copied uncritically from a Forbes Russia list, shows the Trump administration isn't serious about sanctions.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-01-30/the-u-s-list-of-russian-oligarchs-is-a-disgrace
Trump Administration takes heat for State Department and Treasury's "weak" blacklist for new sanctions. Stocks and bonds spared.
The list of 96 Russian Oligarchs published by the Treasury Department on Monday comes from Forbes and other sources, the department says. In a puzzling move, the Treasury Department chose to define “oligarchs” as any Russian with a fortune of $1 billion or more – regardless of the fortune’s origins.
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