How Russian oligarchs hide money in Cyprus: US journalists found out a lot of interesting things

After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the world began hunting for Russian oligarchs, or rather their assets under sanctions. Cyprus has turned out to be the place where Putin's cronies hide and launder billions of dollars, reports CBS. After Russia started...

Russian oligarchs buy real estate in the US to bypass sanctions: for this they use 'black' schemes

Russian oligarchs are likely investing in US commercial real estate and are trying to circumvent sanctions imposed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine last year, according to FoxNews. The Financial Crime Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has urged banks to monitor suspicious commercial real estate transactions (CRE),…

Biden wants to transfer confiscated assets of Russian oligarchs to Ukraine

The White House announced a proposal to allow US authorities to liquidate the assets of Russian oligarchs and donate the proceeds to Ukraine. The Washington Post writes about it. U.S. President Joe Biden will send the new plan to Congress, along with a broader request for $33…

7 superyachts owned by Russian oligarchs have already been arrested in the world: what are they like

As part of a campaign of international pressure on Russia, authorities around the world have confiscated seven yachts belonging to billionaire oligarchs linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin. NBC News has found out which are the largest superyachts that have been confiscated since the beginning of the invasion. The capture of yachts after the invasion of Russia…

FinCEN data leak: major banks in the world are involved in terrorism and money laundering

Several of the world's largest banks enabled criminals to move dirty money around the planet. This is evidenced by the leak of transaction documents totaling approximately $2 trillion, writes BBC. We are talking about files from FinCEN, a special unit for combating...

U.S. Senate report: Russian oligarchs secretly bought art to bypass sanctions

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...

Workaround to Washington: Reuters declassified American banker scams with Putin’s friend

A senior American banker secretly transferred a stake in the influential Moscow investment bank Renaissance Capital to one of Vladimir Putin's closest friends and arranged for that friend to meet with senior US foreign policy officials a decade ago. According to Reuters, American banker Robert...

What do the children of Russian oligarchs do

It is always interesting how the life of the heirs of rich and famous businessmen develops. Not much is known about this, but MSN managed to collect some data on some representatives of the Russian “golden youth”. Arkady Abramovich Roman Abramovich is perhaps the most famous Russian oligarch, and even ...

In the US, assets and mansions of a Russian billionaire in Manhattan and Washington have frozen

In the United States, in connection with the sanctions, the assets of businessman Oleg Deripaska were frozen, including mansions in Manhattan in New York and in Washington, writes The New York Post, citing unnamed sources. In particular, the authorities froze a five-story townhouse on 64th ...

Roman Abramovich gave his ex-wife a mega-house in New York worth $ 92 million

Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich has transferred $92,3 million worth of property on New York's Upper East Side to his ex-wife Dasha Zhukova, city property records show. While construction continues on Zhukova’s new estates, this is a mega-mansion consisting of...

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