A previously sanctioned Russian company's investment in a Kentucky aluminum mill has been questioned in a letter published by U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) after concerns over the timing of the investment.
Sanctions on Rusal were removed in late January, after Deripaska reduced his stake in the company to under 50 percent, and his voting rights to less than 35 percent. Democrats passed a House bill that would have kept the sanctions in place, but they were defeated in the senate, led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell
that the aluminum mill in his home state of Kentucky had anything to do with his decision. By April, Rusal's $200 million investment with Braidy Industries was officially announced.article between the CEO and an unnamed Rusal sales executive, which was said to have taken place in January.
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