When the Ukraine war broke out, the U.S. moved to sanction several Russian figures. But two oligarchs with ties to the lobbying shop BGR were not among them.
The campaign kicked into gear in early 2022, shortly after the sanctions list was unveiled. Walker Roberts, a BGR lobbyist, reached out to Capitol Hill to ask about the sanctions target list, according to a Hill staffer granted anonymity to discuss private conversations.
In an interview, Jeff Birnbaum, a spokesperson for BGR, said the firm terminated its work for Alfa Bank in 2020. He said BGR had been tasked with monitoring and reporting on sanctions bills like the Putin Accountability Act for LetterOne. Russian President Vladimir Putin applauds Aven after awarding him with Order of Merit to the Fatherland during an awarding ceremony in Moscow's Kremlin. | Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images
Hoffman argued that Aven was not an ally of Putin — in fact, he said, sanctioning Aven would only strengthen the Russian president — and suggested that those attempting to punish Aven were connected to the Steele dossier, according to one of the Hill staffers.behind the dossier and its founder because the materials suggested that they were involved in meddling in the 2016 election.
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