Steven Mnuchin makes case to GOP to allow easing of sanctions on Russian companies
(World News Russia)

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is making the case to Senate Republicans that they should stop an effort to block sanctions relief against three Russian companies. But as he left Tuesday’s Senate Republican lunch, Mnuchin did not seem certain about the vote count ahead of an expected Tuesday afternoon vote on a motion to proceed to a resolution disapproving of the sanctions relief proposed for En+ Group plc, UC Rusal plc and JSC EuroSibEnergo. The three companies had been sanctioned because they were under the control of Oleg Deripaska, a sanctioned Russian oligarch. “This shouldn’t be a political issue. This is an issue of great importance. We have been...