Russian Oligarch Charged in US Evaded Sanctions to Deliver Flowers to Canadian: FBI

Russian Oligarch Charged in US Evaded Sanctions to Deliver Flowers to Canadian: FBI
Russian metals magnate Oleg Deripaska attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, outside St. Petersburg, Aug. 9, 2016. The Canadian Press/AP-Alexander Zemlianichenko
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A Russian oligarch indicted in the United States Thursday for conspiring to circumvent its sanctions regime stands accused of, among other things, having flowers delivered to a former member of Parliament in Canada.

Billionaire Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska has been subject to U.S. sanctions since 2018, when the U.S. Treasury Department said he acted for or on behalf of a senior Russian official and operated in the energy sector of the Russian economy.