Daily Kos: Surprise! Russia cancels Kentucky aluminum plant after Moscow Mitch fails to throw election
Berry Craig
By DEPOSUIT POTENTES
With the inevitability of the denouement of a Greek tragedy, or of the sudden abiding compassion of Fox Noise anchors for children on the left bank of the Rio Grande, Russian once-and-future-blacklisted aluminum giant Rusal has pulled the plug on its northeast Kentucky quid pro quo investment.
The miraculous $65 million investment materialized — I wish I could say days, but it’s hours, really — after Senate ex-Majority Leader, he-who-must-not-be-named Moscow, Mitch McConnell squashed new sanctions on Russia in January 2019. WP was on it, though it took a few months.