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'Putin is corrupt' says US Treasury
BBC News ^ | January 25, 2016

Posted on 01/25/2016 1:58:17 PM PST by MinorityRepublican

The US Treasury has told a BBC investigation that it considers Russian President Vladimir Putin to be corrupt. The US government has already imposed sanctions on Mr Putin's aides, but it is thought to be the first time it has directly accused him of corruption.

His spokesman told the BBC that "none of these questions or issues needs to be answered, as they are pure fiction". Last week a UK public inquiry said Mr Putin had "probably" approved the murder of ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko.

Litvinenko, a former Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) agent and fierce critic of Mr Putin, was poisoned in London with radioactive polonium in 2006.

Adam Szubin, who oversees US Treasury sanctions, has told BBC Panorama that the Russian president is corrupt and that the US government has known this for "many, many years".

He said: "We've seen him enriching his friends, his close allies, and marginalising those who he doesn't view as friends using state assets.

Whether that's Russia's energy wealth, whether it's other state contracts, he directs those to whom he believes will serve him and excludes those who don't. To me, that is a picture of corruption."

The US government imposed sanctions against a number of Kremlin insiders in 2014 and stated that Vladimir Putin had secret investments in the energy sector. However, the Americans did not directly accuse him of corruption at the time.

The sanctions - later expanded to include more individuals and organisations - coincided with similar EU measures against Russia. The trigger for them was Russia's annexation of Crimea, during political turmoil in Ukraine.

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1 posted on 01/25/2016 1:58:17 PM PST by MinorityRepublican
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2 posted on 01/25/2016 1:59:18 PM PST by dfwgator
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Ain’t that the truth.


3 posted on 01/25/2016 2:00:16 PM PST by Gaffer
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Must be true because no one could possible be more of an expert on corruption then an employee of the US Treasury.


4 posted on 01/25/2016 2:02:24 PM PST by MNJohnnie ( Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered)
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They must mean more corrupt than themselves.


5 posted on 01/25/2016 2:02:41 PM PST by Fhios (FR inception date 2015. I must be a mole for whoever I'm currently supporting.)
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6 posted on 01/25/2016 2:02:47 PM PST by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING ’VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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Ha Ha, coming from another corrupt group


7 posted on 01/25/2016 2:05:30 PM PST by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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They didn’t have to go 5,000 miles to find a corrupt president.

Just look in the White House.


8 posted on 01/25/2016 2:07:59 PM PST by Iron Munro (The wise have stores of choice food and oil but a foolish man devours all he has. Proverbs 21:20)
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Did they mean it in a bad way, or just as fellow crooks?


9 posted on 01/25/2016 2:13:52 PM PST by ozzymandus
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Did they mean it in a bad way, or just as fellow crooks?

Probably said it out of envy.
10 posted on 01/25/2016 2:15:10 PM PST by Oceander
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“It takes a thief...”


11 posted on 01/25/2016 2:21:24 PM PST by dfwgator
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Zackly!


12 posted on 01/25/2016 2:22:48 PM PST by Original Lurker
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13 posted on 01/25/2016 2:23:56 PM PST by SoFloFreeper (Obama hates the three Cs: Christianity, Constitution, and capitalism.)
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“We’ve seen him enriching his friends, his close allies, and marginalising those who he doesn’t view as friends using state assets.”

Exact description of 0bama’s actions.


14 posted on 01/25/2016 2:29:06 PM PST by wrench
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Putin should make inquiries about Lois Lerner, a former high-ranking official in the Treasury Department.

LOL!

America, the effing Banana Republic, pointing fingers...

15 posted on 01/25/2016 2:29:23 PM PST by kiryandil ("When Muslims in the White House are outlawed, only Barack Obama will be an outlaw")
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The US Treasury, the biggest money laundering scheme ever!


16 posted on 01/25/2016 2:49:30 PM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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I see everyone is paying close attention, yes the TREASURY DEPT IS CORRUPT, fortunately most if not all of our problems can be fixed with 12 feet of rope.


17 posted on 01/25/2016 3:00:03 PM PST by eyeamok
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Obama passes judgement


18 posted on 01/25/2016 3:05:38 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (how many laws has Cruz sponsored that have become law?)
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PUTIN IS NUMBER ONE GREATEST PRESIDENT SONG
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbBaSfgNJnE



19 posted on 01/25/2016 3:07:24 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in "Idiocracy")
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Putin: I am not gay.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecC2_gz_MoQ



20 posted on 01/25/2016 3:11:21 PM PST by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in "Idiocracy")
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