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This bill — the Vladimir Putin Transparency Act — would seek to expose Russian President Vladimir Putin’s corruption by arriving at a better assessment of his ill-gotten wealth. To this end, this bill would direct the Director of National Intelligence, in coordination with the Treasury Secretary and the Secretary of State, to put together an assessment of Putin’s and Putin’s family members’ net worths and financial assets, both legitimate and illegitimate.

The report would be required to contain information on:

Putin’s and his family members’ estimated net worths;
A description of their legitimately and illegitimately obtained assets, including all real, personal, and intellectual property, bank or investment or similar accounts, and any other financial or business interests or holdings, including those outside Russia;
The details of legitimately and illegitimately obtained assets (including real, personal, and intellectual property, bank or investment or similar accounts, and any other financial or business interests or holdings, including those outside Russia) that are owned or controlled by, accessible to, or otherwise maintained for Putin’s benefit, including their nature, location, manner of acquisition, value, and publicly named owner (if other than Vladimir Putin);
The methods used by Putin, or others at at his direction with his knowledge, or for his benefit, to conceal Putin’s interest in his accounts, holdings, or other assets — including the establishment of “front” or shell companies and the use of intermediaries; and
An identification of the most significant senior Russian political figures, oligarchs, and any other persons who may have engaged in activities intended to conceal Putin’s true financial condition.

The report would be due to the appropriate congressional committees within 180 days from the passage of this bill. The report could be submitted in one of two forms: 1) unclassified form to the extent consistent with the protection of intelligence sources and methods, potentially with a classified annex, or 2) simultaneously as both an unclassified and a classified version.

“Appropriate congressional committees” refers to House and Senate committees with jurisdiction over matters related to finance, foreign affairs, and intelligence.

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