By Alexei Anishchuk
The Kremlin accused the United States on Thursday of firing a broadside against President Vladimir Putin by opening a money-laundering investigation into a member of his inner circle.
The probe into Gennady Timchenko, a co-founder of the Gunvor trading house who is also under sanctions over the crisis in Ukraine, is likely to increase tension between Moscow and the West in their worst standoff since the Cold War.
Dmitry Peskov, Putin’s press secretary, told reporters the Kremlin knew no details of the case “and we cannot express anything but bewilderment.”
“What is happening in the various ‘sanction actions’ is hard to …read more
Source: Cyprus Mail
