Putin's Press Secretary Peskov: There are no oligarchs in Russia
Press Secretary to the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that the time when there were oligarchs in the country has passed.
“We consider the phrase ‘Russian oligarch’ to be inappropriate. It has been a long time since there were oligarchs in Russia. There are no oligarchs in Russia,” he said.
The representative of the Kremlin made this remark when a reporter asked him to comment on the fact that several oligarchs from Putin’s inner circle were invited to the U.S. for questioning.
“You know that the situation is quite difficult; it is very tense, and therefore, of course, we cannot be guided by media reports,” Peskov then said in answer to the reporter’s question.
According to him, there has been no information from the businessmen about the questioning in the United States.
Earlier, an American television channel CNN, citing sources, reported that by the end of the week, the Trump administration plans to introduce new sanctions against several Russian oligarchs from Putin’s inner circle that were involved in the 2016 U.S presidential election.