But many of these assets were in A.I.G.'s insurance businesses, which were required by the states to maintain assets sufficient to meet insurance claims.
While Russians, especially the wealthy, enjoy traveling to the United States, owning real estate and maintain assets in Western banks, relatively few Americans vacation or hold assets in Russia.
The cable adds: "Many other notable private individuals and public officials maintain assets (primarily property) outside Afghanistan, suggesting these individuals are extracting as much wealth as possible while conditions permit".
Russian policy makers were vexed in trying to come up with a reciprocal response, in large part because Americans typically do not vacation, own homes or maintain assets in Russia.
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In numerous ways, the timing of Mr. Donilon's visit could hardly have been more awkward — just three days after the Obama administration banned more than two dozen Russians from traveling to the United States or maintaining assets there, because of purported human rights abuses.
At the news conference, Prokhorov said he had received permission to register his company, Onexim Sports and Entertainment, in Russia — a step that would presumably support his political aspirations by complying with new legislation that bars Russian government officials from maintaining assets overseas.
