A top Russian university has destroyed its only copy of a thesis on Marxism written by a former student who is now Joe Biden's pick to head a major bank regulator.
Republicans on the Senate banking committee are furious that Saule Omarova, 55, is refusing to turn over her Moscow State University dissertation on Marxism and revolution.
And DailyMail.com has been told that there is no longer a copy in the institution's archives.
'It was destroyed long ago,' said a university official.
'We do not have a copy.'
Moscow State University only keeps such works for five years, said the official.
Omarova, a Cornell University law professor, has been under intense scrutiny since Biden nominated her for the post of Comptroller of the Currency.
U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey, R-Pa, demanded she turn over a copy of her Moscow thesis – in both English and the original Russian – for review by the committee.
Saule Omarova, a Cornell Law School professor, has been nominated to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. Republican Sen. Pat Toomey (right) has demanded that she had over her dissertation to the Senate Banking Committee which must confirm her appointmennt
An exclusive new photograph shows Omarova as a proud 'Young Pioneer' - the Communist youth mass movement - at her Soviet school number 21 in Uralsk, now Oral, in Kazakhstan. She is wearing the red scarf of the movement in a picture dating from 1979-80
It was titled: 'Karl Marx's Economic Analysis and the Theory of Revolution in The Capital'.
But she ignored a deadline he set, and appears unlikely to hand it over.
It is assumed she has her own copy of the thesis even if her old university no longer possesses one.
'Ms. Omarova has time to attack Republicans in an interview with the Financial Times, but she can't be bothered to comply with a Banking Committee requirement that nominees — regardless of their political party or ideology — submit copies of their writings,' said Amanda Gonzalez Thompson, spokesperson for Senate Banking Committee Republicans.
'We certainly hope she reconsiders so senators have the information necessary to fulfill their constitutional duty to advise and consent on appointments.'
Omarova did not respond to requests for comment.
DailyMail.com has obtained pictures of Omarova from her time in the Soviet education system.
An exclusive new photograph shows her as a proud 'Young Pioneer' - the Communist youth mass movement - at her Soviet school number 21 in
