FBI agents on Tuesday were at a home in Washington, D.C., and a townhouse in New York City, both connected to Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, to carry out “law enforcement” actions. FBI officials would not provide any additional information about the circumstances surrounding their presence at either property or any information about potential investigations involving Deripaska. A representative for Deripaska told reporters that the searches were “connected to U.S. sanctions” and were carried out on the basis of two court warrants, adding that the two properties didn’t belong to Derispaska but belonged to relatives. Deripaska was one of seven Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the Treasury under the Trump administration in April 2018. The sanctions prevent Deripaska from doing business or owning property in the United States. Then-secretary Steven Mnuchin cited Russia’s engagement in a range of “malign activity” around the world as reason for the sanctions. “Russian oligarchs and elites who profit from this corrupt system …