March 23, 2022 6:40 p.m
The invitation to wait because the oligarch could facilitate peace negotiations. The Chelsea boss has said publicly that he is trying to persuade Moscow to find a diplomatic solution
The US Treasury Department’s draft sanctions and the order to wait In early March, US Treasury Department officials presented draft sanctions to punish Abramovich after the Russian attack on Ukraine. However, at the time of their announcement, the National Security Council told the Treasury Ministry to wait and see, as the oligarch may have been a key intermediary between Kyiv and Moscow.
Abramovich’s public statement The US delay in sanctioning the Chelsea boss is an unexpected twist in the West’s strategy of punishing wealthy Kremlinlinked oligarchs to punish Putin. Although several oligarchs have spoken out against the war, Abramovich is the only one who has said publicly that he is trying to pressure the Kremlin into a peaceful solution to the conflict.
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