Insiders report: USA wants to stop Raiffeisen deal in Russia – with tough action. US authorities want to put a stop to the deal involving the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska and his shares in the construction company Strabag.
Senior U.S. Treasury officials urged the Austrian bank to back away from its plans. “This deal could backfire,” one of the insiders said. If the RBI goes through with the deal and then it turns out that US sanctions are being violated, the Americans could impose penalties on the bank.