Palaces, yachts and vineyards lent to Vladimir Putin by friends and oligarchs can now be connected to an informal network with more than $4,5 billion in assets, according to TheGuardian. The digital documentary trail appears to suggest that a number of vacation homes and other…
A bipartisan group of senators on March 15 unveiled legislation calling on the Treasury Department to offer a monetary reward for information that leads to the confiscation of assets belonging to Russian oligarchs under sanctions, in an attempt to increase financial pressure on the Kremlin in connection with the war in ...
Amid the war in Ukraine, several Western governments have begun punishing Russia's richest men, the oligarchs who made billions of dollars doing business with President Vladimir Putin's government, YahooNews reports. Government officials, media CEOs and business magnates whose incomes have risen in Putin's...
Russian oligarchs, who, according to US authorities, are part of “President Putin’s inner circle,” have found a new way to circumvent the sanctions imposed against them - they are investing millions of dollars in purchasing works of art in the West, writes BBC. About the violation by Arkady Rotenberg, his son Igor and...
In the US Congress, a public hearing was held at the House Intelligence Committee on possible Russian interference in the 2016 US elections. Former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul, ex-head of the CIA department for Russia Stephen Hall and the president spoke at the hearing ...
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State David Payman said the sanctions had already created discord between the oligarchs and the Kremlin. US sanctions against Russia have created disagreement between the oligarchs and the Kremlin, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Financial and Sanctions Counteraction David Payman told Voice of America.…
Lindsay Graham and Bob Menendez are proposing new sanctions against the Russian energy and financial sectors, as well as oligarchs. Two influential US senators have announced their intention to develop a new bipartisan bill that will expand existing sanctions against Russia and improve US defenses in ...
In Moscow, a court took businessman and co-owner of the Summa group Ziyavudin Magomedov into custody for two months. He is on the US Treasury Department’s “Kremlin list” of those “close” to Russian President Vladimir Putin, against whom the American government may impose sanctions. As Meduza writes, the businessman...
RTVI found out how Russian oligarchs acquire real estate in New York and what benefits they pursue. New York has put up for sale the most expensive living space in the history of the city: a $ 110 million penthouse in Lower Manhattan. More recently, an apartment was sold for $ 100 million ...
Many Russian billionaires don't have Facebook pages, but you can check out their personal lives on Instagram. The Secret edition has selected several boring accounts of Russian businessmen. Eugene Kaspersky Instagram of the founder of Kaspersky Lab Eugene Kaspersky (about 16 subscribers) is dedicated to travel and ...