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Dnited States Senate February 14, 2018 ‘The Honorable Steven T, Mnuchin Secretary ofthe Treasury USS. Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW ‘Washington, DC 20220 Dear Secretary Mnuchin: | waite requesting more information regarding a report recently submitted to Congress identifying senior political figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation as required by the ‘Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). Numerous individuals included on this list have previously conducted transactions wit, or had financial testo, President Trump and members of his Administration. Given the undisputed threat posed by Russia it sin the public interest to identify and thoroughly examine any exposure members of the U.S. government might have had to individuals connected to the Russian regime, which may be subject to sanctions inthe Future. In tecent testimony before the Senate Banking Committee, you indicated that “[t]here will be sanctions that come out of this report.” CAATSA also requires thatthe Treasury Department ‘assess the closeness ofthe relationship between the listed Russian political figures and oligarchs and Russian President Vladimir Putin or other members ofthe Russian ruling eit, as well as ‘any “indices of eatuption,” which may guide the application of future sanctions to these individuals. ‘As a result, was alarmed to see Dmitry Ryboloviev on this list an individual who paid President Trump $95 million in 2008 fora Palm Beach home inthe form of anall-cash transaction though a shell company. This was more than double what Mr. Trump paid forthe property just four years eater. Mr. Rybolovlev is one of the wealthiest people in Russia, with a net worth estimated a the time ofthe sale to be $13 billion. He obtained his fortune primarily through his ownership of Uralkali, Russia's largest producer of potash fertilizers. Mr. Rybolovlev has also held as much as a 10 percent stake in the Bank of Cyprus, where Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross was a shareholder and served as Vice Chair ofthe bank's Board of, Directors Before Mr. Ryboloviev appeared on tis list of Russian oligarchs, Democratic Senators submitted numerous request for information from the Administration. These requests have been ‘completely ignored. + On February 16,2017, six Democratic Senators sent a letter fo Secretary Ross with a list of questions asking for details concerning hs relationship with major Russian sharoholders inthe Bank of Cyprus. ‘© On February 24, 2017, I sent a letter to Secretary Ross with questions regarding the fall ‘extent of connections or tis that may exist between the Trump Administration, the ‘Trump presidental eampaign, or the Trump Organization and the Bank of Cyprus, including Me, Rybolovlev, ‘© On March 10, 2017, five Democratic Senators sent a letter to Secretary Ross with futher

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