The Daily Beast reports: The U.S. readied sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's associates—then mysteriously backed off. "Somebody overruled [Treasury], essentially," one sanctions expert said. "That's the most likely scenario."

The Daily Beast reports: The U.S. readied sanctions on Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska's associates—then mysteriously backed off.

"Somebody overruled [Treasury], essentially," one sanctions expert said. "That's the most likely scenario." https://t.co/BH56eRt9wa

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