By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book
BBC - Honduras - CIA Trial book - NY Mag
SDNY COURTHOUSE, July 27 – Oleg Deripaska and three others were indicted on September 28, 2022, for violating the US OFAC sanctions imposed on him April 6, 2018 with regard to Russia's actions in Ukraine.
On September 29, co-defendant Olga Shriki, charged with selling a music studio and other sanctions-busting for Deripaska, was arrested.
On November 15, 2022, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge P. Kevin Castel held an in-person arraignment. Inner City Press went and covered it, with only three other people in the courtroom gallery.
Shriki pleaded not guilty. Her lawyer J. Bruce Maffeo of Cozen O'Connor agreed to six months to obtain and review discovery.
The next conference, as which he will be expected to describe any defense motions, was set seven months out for June 15, 2022 - then it was pushed back to October 12, 2023, at 11 am.
On July 27, Olga Shriki through counsel asked for permission to travel through August to Massachusetts, North Carolina and Virginia, cc-ing the two AUSAs and NJ pre-trial services
The case is US v. Deripaska, et al., 22-cr-518 (Castel)
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