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<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#52494a"><strong>FBI Monday launched simultaneous raids on stately D.C. mansion and a sprawling home in NY linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in connection with US sanctions</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#52494a"><strong>The billionaire <strong>Putin ally</strong> has been linked to former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and ex-MI6 agent Christopher Steele </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#52494a"><strong>Deripaska is an oil tycoon with close ties to Russia&#8217;s President Vladimir Putin and his government in general </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#52494a"><strong>His spokesperson said Deripaska doesn&#8217;t own either of the homes searched but raids are sanctions-related </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#52494a"><strong>The stately Washington, DC residence is reportedly worth around $15 million, while the &#8216;sprawling NY mansion&#8217; is worth $42.5 million </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#52494a"><strong>Deripaska was implicated in a 2020 Senate report as having aided Russia&#8217;s efforts to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election cycle, working closely with Manafort </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#52494a"><strong>In April 2018 the US Treasury Dept accused Deripaska of ordering the murder of a fellow businessman, and blacklisted him as well as other Putin allies and businesses linked to the oligarch </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#52494a"><strong>However, a year later Donald Trump lifted sanctions on three companies connected to Derispaska despite objections from Congressional Democrats </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-normal-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#52494a"><strong>Sources revealed that</strong> <strong>Deripaska</strong> <strong><strong>hasn&#8217;t been back to the US since at least 2017, and had no intention of returning</strong> </strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Oleg-Deripaska-1.jpg" alt="This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Oleg-Deripaska-1.jpg" width="840" height="720"/><figcaption><strong>Russia Oligarch Oleg Deripaska [left] is a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin [right], and has been accused of aiding the Kremlin in foreign influence operations</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Homes linked to Russian oil tycoon Oleg Deripaska in New York and Washington were searched by the FBI on Monday, stemming from sanctions imposed on him in 2018. <br>Images of <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/fbi/index.html">FBI</a> agents surrounding the Washington DC residence connected to Deripaska, a close Putin ally who has been linked to Paul Manafort and Christopher Steele, were first reported by NBC late Monday morning. <br>The action was court-ordered, and FBI spokesperson told multiple outlets. <br>A source told DailyMail.com that Deripaska hasn&#8217;t been back to the US since at least 2017 and had no intention of returning after the Treasury Department hit him with sanctions, but those claims have not been verified. <br>Deripaska&#8217;s spokesman told Russian outlet Kommersant that searches were underway at his relatives&#8217; homes in New York and Washington, while maintaining that Deripaska doesn&#8217;t own the homes. The searches are tied to US sanctions against business tycoon. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/FBI-at-Oleg-Deripaskas-Washington-DC-home-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-392923"/><figcaption><strong> FBI agents cab seen outside Oleg Deripaska&#8217;s</strong> <strong>Washington, DC home during the Monday morning raid </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>https://twitter.com/i/status/1450475228400861187<br>The activity is connected to a federal investigation based in New York, a spokesperson told CNN.<br>It&#8217;s not clear whether that would be the Southern District of New York, known for prosecuting some of the most high-profile cases in the country including an ongoing federal probe into Rudy Giuliani&#8217;s ties to Ukraine and an investigation into Donald Trump&#8217;s business affairs. <br>Properties linked to Deripaska in New York include a sprawling $42.5 million mansion in Manhattan&#8217;s Upper East Side neighborhood. That home was among a number of assets that were frozen by the sanctions. <br>The New York property being raided on Monday is reportedly in Manhattan&#8217;s West Village. <br>Deripaska is a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin who&#8217;s been accused of helping the Kremlin conduct foreign influence operations. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/FBI-at-Oleg-Deripaskas-Washington-DC-home-2.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-392926"/><figcaption><strong>The FBI has not given a reason for the activity but told multiple outlets that it was court-ordered</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>A 1,000-page Senate Intelligence Committee report released last year also links Oleg Deripaska to former Trump 2016 campaign chair Paul Manafort, as well as, ex-MI6 spy Christopher Steele. <br>Deripaska and other members of Putin&#8217;s inner circle as well as 12 Russian businesses connected to them were blacklisted by the Treasury Department in 2018 over alleged international crimes <br>The next year however, Donald Trump lifted sanctions on three companies connected to him despite objections from Congressional Democrats. <br>At the time, Trump&#8217;s Treasury Department claimed those companies &#8216;have reduced Oleg Deripaska’s direct and indirect shareholding stake in those companies and severed his control.&#8217;</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/FBI-at-Oleg-Deripaskas-Washington-DC-home-3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-392941"/><figcaption><strong>FBI were seen removing boxes from Oleg Deripaska&#8217;s home. A spokesperson for Oligarch had alerted a Russian outlet that his relative&#8217;s homes in Washington DC and New York were being raided by feds</strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/George-Conway-takes-snaps-as-FBI-raid-Oleg-Deripaskas-Washington-DC-home-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-392943"/><figcaption><strong> Feds swooped on the Russian&#8217;s home on Monday, but sources close to the case said Deripaska hasn&#8217;t been back to the US since at least 2017, before Trump&#8217;s Treasury Dept brought charges against him &#8211; and had no intention of returning. <strong>Next door neighbor George Conway was seen [photo] snapping pictures of Deripaska&#8217;s home while law enforcement were at the residence says he&#8217;s never seen Deripaska at home</strong></strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>The billionaire&#8217;s DC mansion, called the Haft Mansion, is reportedly worth $15 million. <br>That house is next door to the home of former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway and her husband George Conway. George Conway was seen snapping pictures of Deripaska&#8217;s home while law enforcement were at the residence. <br>He told Politico there that he&#8217;s never seen Deripaska at home. <br>In August 2020 the bipartisan Senate report detailed allegations that Manafort collaborated with Deripaska during the 2016 presidential election amid Russia&#8217;s efforts to interfere in the race. <br>It claims Manafort worked with Deripaska to funnel internal Trump campaign information to the Russian intelligence community. <br>&#8216;This is what collusion looks like,&#8217; lawmakers wrote of Manafort&#8217;s ties to Russian actors. <br>The report said Deripaska &#8216;conducts influence operations, frequently in countries where he has a significant economic interest.&#8217; <br>&#8216;The Russian government coordinates with and directs Deripaska on many of his influence operations,&#8217; lawmakers alleged. <br>Documents also revealed that Deripaska gave Manafort a $10 million loan in 2005 to allegedly help sway US news coverage to portray Putin more favorably. <br>The same report links Deripaska to former MI6 spy Christopher Steele, author of the Trump dossier. </p>



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<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/FBI-at-Oleg-Deripaskas-Washington-DC-home-4.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-392946" width="840" height="550"/><figcaption><strong>The raids are reportedly connected to US sanctions against Deripaska, dating back to 2018. Two years earlier Christopher Steele had dismissed claims that Deripaska was a &#8216;tool&#8217; of the Russian govt. However, &#8216;investigators &#8216;found ample evidence to dispute Steele&#8217;s assessment,&#8217; according to the Senate report</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Lawmakers claimed that Deripaska &#8216;had early knowledge of Steele&#8217;s work&#8217; only months before he started putting together the Dossier, which was commissioned as opposition research by Democrats including Hillary Clinton. <br>In 2016 Steele had dismissed claims that Deripaska was a &#8216;tool&#8217; of the Russian government. <br>But investigators &#8216;found ample evidence to dispute Steele&#8217;s assessment,&#8217; the report stated. <br>Deripaska was among a group of two dozen Russian oligarchs and officials sanctioned by Trump&#8217;s Treasury in April 2018. <br>They were put in place to punish Russia for &#8216;malign activity around the globe.&#8217; <br>A statement announcing the economic penalties named a number of specific instances of Russian aggression, including its actions in Crimea and arming the Assad regime in Syria. <br>It also mentions Russia&#8217;s work to &#8216;subvert Western democracies&#8217; but doesn&#8217;t detail any specific allegations about the US. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Paul-Menaforte-3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-392934"/><figcaption><strong> Senate Intelligence Committee report released in August 2020 links Deripaska to onetime Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort [L-R]. It alleges Manafort worked with Deripaska to funnel internal Trump campaign information to the Russian intelligence community</strong> </figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Donald-Trump-left-and-Oleg-Deripaska-right-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-392929" width="837" height="441"/><figcaption><strong>The Trump administration&#8217;s Treasury Dept levied sanctioned Oleg Deripaska [right], in April 2018, accusing him of international crimes and organized crime</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>The Treasury accused Deripaska himself of ordering the murder of another businessman and &#8216;threatening the lives of business rivals, illegally wiretapping a government official, and taking part in extortion and racketeering.&#8217; <br>It also claimed he had ties to organized crime. <br>When the Trump administration lifted sanctions against companies tied to him they left those against him specifically in place.<br>He sued to have those lifted in 2019 but in June of this year a judge threw out his lawsuit. <br>Reports from 2018 indicate that Deripaska was denied a visa to the US multiple times. However, recent NBC reports suggest the Kremlin gave him diplomatic status to allow him to enter the US with immunity. <br>It appears the tycoon&#8217;s web of high-power connections extends to the United Kingdom, courtesy of a former government official in ex-Prime Minister David Cameron&#8217;s government.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Oleg-Deripaskas-Washington-DC-home-3.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-392938"/><figcaption><strong>The Russian oligarch&#8217;s mansion is located in DC&#8217;s exclusive Massachusetts Avenue Heights neighborhood</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>George Osborne served as UK Chancellor and First Secretary of State under Cameron. Since leaving government he&#8217;s made a living as an investment banker. <br>A corporate advisory firm he joined in April was recruited to help Anglo-Russian metals company EN+ and its subsidiary Rusal negotiate with the world&#8217;s largest producer of nickel, the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/cf936f46-a6c8-4ca2-b0db-95fc1155a42f">Financial Times</a> reported. <br>EN+ and Rusal were two of the companies sanctioned and later un-sanctioned by Trump&#8217;s Treasury, having been controlled by Deripaska when the measures came down.</p>



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Feds raid D.C. and NY mansions linked to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in connection with US sanctions: Senate report ties billionaire Putin ally to Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort and ex-MI6 agent Christopher Steele
