Moments ago we listed the Russian Putin "advisors" impacted by the latest Obama executive order freezing those assets over which the US has access. Among them was deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin and Russia's ambassador to NATO. As a reminder, in 2011 Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appointed Dmitry Rogozin as a Special Representative on anti-missile defence and negotiations with NATO countries on this issue. On 23 December 2011 Dmitry Rogozin was appointed deputy premier of Russian Government in charge of defense and space industry. As responsible for the defense industry he leads the creation of the Russian Foundation for Advanced Research Projects in the Defense Industry (Russian DARPA). Moments ago Rogozin replied to Obama's "freezing" of his, among other, assets.
Comrade @BarackObama [8], what should do those who have neither accounts nor property abroad? Or U didn't think about it?)http://t.co/16KUTJPXOl [9]
— Dmitry Rogozin (@DRogozin) March 17, 2014 [10]
Which, as reported on Friday, probably is the case for many Russians oligarchs, who were expecting this move by Obama long ago. Worst case, a whole lot of New York City duplex penthouses are about to hit the market.
And then this follow up tweet:
I think some prankster prepared the draft of this Act of the US President)
— Dmitry Rogozin (@DRogozin) March 17, 2014 [11]
We expect Obama to respond on twitter momentarily. We also look forward if Obama will provide the Russian with a loophole allowing them to allocate frozen assets toward Obamacare...