Trump deserves credit for targeting Oleg Deripaska with sanctions. Here's what he should do next

President Trump deserves credit for targeting Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, in the latest round of U.S. sanctions.

Deripaska is a cut-out, or intermediary, for Russian President Valdimir Putin and thus a key power broker in the Russian regime. The Treasury Department’s sanction notice publicly outlines as much, explaining that “Deripaska is being designated pursuant to [executive order] 13661 for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, a senior official of the Government of the Russian Federation.”