Republicans press for sanctions on Russian billionaire linked to Hunter Biden
By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times - Updated: 6:03 p.m. on Thursday, April 21, 2022
House Oversight Republicans are probing the Treasury Department on why a Russian billionaire linked to Hunter Biden has yet to be publicly named among those sanctioned in the wake of the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday, the lawmakers led by the committee’s top Republican James Comer of Kentucky said it remains unclear whether Russia’s wealthiest woman, Elena Baturina, who lawmakers say paid Hunter Biden’s company over $3 million in 2014, is among the 50 Russian oligarchs targeted by U.S. sanctions since the start of the war.
The Treasury Department has publicly released the names of 28 Russian elites who were sanctioned, but the names of the 22 remaining individuals have been withheld from the public.
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