JohnnyPuma
03-20-2014, 09:30 AM
as a response to the conflict in Crimea.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/opinion/how-to-punish-puti n.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/opinion/how-to-punish-putin.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0)
"Such sanctions should primarily target Mr. Putin’s inner circle, the Kremlin mafia who pillage the nation’s wealth, including Gennady N. Timchenko, head of the Volga Group; Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, influential businessmen and former judo sparring partners of Mr. Putin; Yuri V. Kovalchuk, a financier believed to be Mr. Putin’s banker; Vladimir I. Yakunin, president of Russian Railways; the oligarchs Roman A. Abramovich and Alisher B. Usmanov; and Igor I. Sechin and Aleksei B. Miller, the heads of Rosneft and Gazprom, respectively."
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/opinion/how-to-punish-puti n.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0 (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/20/opinion/how-to-punish-putin.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0)
"Such sanctions should primarily target Mr. Putin’s inner circle, the Kremlin mafia who pillage the nation’s wealth, including Gennady N. Timchenko, head of the Volga Group; Arkady and Boris Rotenberg, influential businessmen and former judo sparring partners of Mr. Putin; Yuri V. Kovalchuk, a financier believed to be Mr. Putin’s banker; Vladimir I. Yakunin, president of Russian Railways; the oligarchs Roman A. Abramovich and Alisher B. Usmanov; and Igor I. Sechin and Aleksei B. Miller, the heads of Rosneft and Gazprom, respectively."