US Treasury Dept. announces new sanctions against Russian oligarch known as 'Putin's Chef,' for attempting to influence the 2018 US election.
with the Internet Research Agency by special counsel Robert Mueller for their campaign to sow discord before the 2016 U.S. election."Prigozhin has spent significant funds to further the Internet Research Agency’s attempted influence operations in connection with the 2018 U.S. midterm elections," the department said, before identifying specific property to be sanctioned.
St. Vitamin, the yacht Yevgeniy Prigozhin's family has vacationed on, which was sanctioned by the Treasury for attempted 2018 election interference.The department found that between 2017 and 2018, the jet"conducted numerous flights throughout Africa, the Middle East, and Europe to include Sudan, the Central African Republic, Madagascar, Ethiopia, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, the United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Germany, Spain, and Russia.
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