NEW YORK ¨C Russian climate envoy Anatoly Chubais¡¯s decision in March to resign from the government and leave Russia may turn out to be highly significant.
By reopening a window on recent Russian history, Chubais¡¯s exit could bring some order to the West¡¯s ¡°KleptoCapture¡± strategy, which aims to freeze the assets of about a dozen Russian ¡°oligarchs¡± described as ¡°appendages of Putin¡¯s regime.¡±
But it could potentially do much more. Just last week, the United States also implemented sanctions on Putin¡¯s two daughters, 36-year-old Maria and 35-year-old Katerina, who the U.S. believes may be hiding some of their father¡¯s wealth.
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