US attempting to meddle in Russian election

On Jan 29, the United States Department of the Treasury released a list of the names of a number of Russian oligarchs, senior Kremlin and government officials and chief executive officers of state companies who Washington perceives to have close relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

According to a report by Bloomberg, the US Treasury Department, State Department and the Director of National Intelligence were responsible for drawing up the list of the names of "the most senior foreign political figures and oligarchs in the Russian Federation, as determined by their closeness to the Russian regime and their net worth".

The unclassified annex of the document that has been released has two sections, with Appendix A listing the names of the 114 senior Russian political figures and Appendix B listing the names of 96 oligarchs, those individuals who had an estimated worth of more than $1 billion.