Andrey Kostin, the CEO of VTB, the largest Russian bank, 60.9 percent of which belongs to the Russian government, visited Washington DC earlier this week to meet with U.S. Congressmen and Obama Administration officials to discuss sanctions imposed on Russia, and VTB in particular.As TAI found out from a congressional aide familiar with the meetings, Kostin and several other employees of VTB met with various people around Washington, including the Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Services, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R), and State Department’s Coordinator for Sanctions Policy, Daniel Fried. The Russian team was accompanied by a lobbyist from …read more
Source: The American Interest
