American Ethane Company website nor by its publications although these foreigners have significant interests in American Ethane. Finally, Konstantin Nikolaev is a partner and close associate of Vladimir Putin's inner circle through Igor Levitin, Alexey Mordashov, Arkady Rotenberg, and Gennady Timchenko. American Ethane Company American Ethane Company, LLC (AEC) is the largest producer of ethane in the United States. It is a Houston, Texas, based American petroleum company established in January 2014 with offices in New Orleans. It is privately held with large investments from Russian oligarchs who are close to Vladimir Putin's inner circle. As of July 2018, Konstantin Nikolaev, Mikhail Yuriev,
Rotenberg Law proposed seizing the Russia-based assets of foreign countries that have sanctioned Russian citizens. It was declined in 2017. Rotenberg Law The Rotenberg Law () - the draft of Federal law of Russian Federation #607554-6 On amendments to the Federal law "On compensation for violation of the right to trial within a reasonable time or the right to execution of a judicial act within a reasonable time" (clarification of certain provisions of the Federal law in regard to obtaining compensation for the violation of the right to execution of a judicial act within a reasonable time). The law is informally named