Red-faced

6 April 2018 By George Hay Follow @gfhay

The U.S. sanctioned Rusal and EN+, as well as related oligarchs like Oleg Deripaska. The danger that groups close to the Kremlin might get burned was pretty clear in EN+’s recent IPO prospectus. Governance and politics are as critical to such companies’ value as their operations.

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The United States on April 6 imposed sanctions against 24 Russians for what it called “a range of malign activity," including attempting to subvert Western democracies. The sanctions freeze the U.S. assets of people and companies name, and forbid Americans from doing business with them.

The action freezes the U.S. assets of oligarchs such as aluminum tycoon Oleg Deripaska, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and lawmaker Suleiman Kerimov, whose family controls Russia's largest gold producer, Polyus.

As of 1630 BST, London-traded shares in Deripaska-controlled power group EN+ were trading at $9.65, down 20.9 percent.

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