Deripaska withdraws from Nornickel board nomination

12th April 2018 By: Reuters

MOSCOW – Russian tycoon Oleg Deripaska has withdrawn his nomination candidacy to join the board of Norilsk Nickel, the mining firm said in a statement on Thursday.

Deripaska had been nominated to join the board, a regulatory disclosure showed on April 5.

Deripaska was among Russian individuals and entities named a new US sanctions list announced by the US on Friday.