US charges Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska with violating sanctions

Deripaska, 54, accused of several crimes including plotting to bring pregnant girlfriend to US so child would be American citizen

Oleg Deripaska, one of Russia's most powerful oligarchs, who previously had deep links to British establishment figures, has been indicted by the US Department of Justice for criminal sanctions violations.

The indictment detailed a number of alleged crimes by the man who was long considered Vladimir Putin's favourite industrialist, including an elaborate and failed attempt by Deripaska and his associates to shuttle his pregnant girlfriend to the US so that she could give birth there and secure American citizenship for their second child.