 Oleg Deripaska |
Mercury Public Affairs scored a major victory Jan. 16 as Republicans in the Senate blocked a bid to restore sanctions on aluminum and energy companies controlled by Oleg Deripaska, Russian oligarch and confidant to strongman Vladimir Putin.
The Treasury Dept. last month eased the sanctions, claiming that Deripaska restructured his ownership position in Rusal, the world’s No. 2 aluminum company, and its parent EN+ Group.
Mercury’s connection with Deripaska is via a contract signed last May with British politico Gregory Barker, EN+ Group chairman and a member of the UK House of Lords.
The British Parliament is investigating Barker for “alleged breach of the code in relation to personal honor, parliamentary services and paid advocacy.”
Former Louisiana Republican Senator David Vitter heads Team Mercury, supported by partner Morris Reid (former leader of BGR’s international practice and staffer to former VP Al Gore) and senior VP Deirdre Stach (Clark & Weinstock alum and aide to ex-Pennsylvania Republican Congressman Robert Walker)
Mercury receives a $108,500 monthly fee for representing Deripaska’s work.
Milton Advisers is working the media on behalf of former Argentina First Lady and president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who was convicted of fraud in 2025 and slapped with a lifetime ban from public office.
WPP's Ogilvy Group unit handles PR for Saudi Arabia’s CEER Motors and its flagship Exobot electric sedan and SUV vehicles.
Squire Patton Boggs has signed on to provide lobbying services to embattled Yemen.
GlobalPoint International has signed on to position Sudan’s Democratic Civilian Forces group as the best option to restore stability and prosperity in the war-torn country.
A Qorvis unit is providing strategic communications and related services to the embattled Republic of Yemen under a $550K five-month pact.
