The «Travel Companions» study showed that from 2014 to 2023, Vladimir Putin’s family made at least 180 trips abroad on business jets. According to the authors’ calculations, such trips cost more than $5 million, and 24 flights were carried out on planes belonging to 10 wealthy Russians.

#AlinaKabaeva #business #VladimirPutin #corruption #oligarchs #investigation #rfp

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While ordinary Russians are being denied the opportunity to obtain visas to the EU, sanctions are being lifted from two emblematic figures of Putin’s Russia. The negative consequences of this decision are clear. But are there any positive ones? 

#AlisherUsmanov #Analytics #VladimirPutin #WarinUkraine #doublestandards #EuropeanUnion #compromises #Luxembourg #MikhailFridman #oligarchs #sanctions #France #elites

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Vladimir Putin, by decree of August 31, transferred the assets of JSC «DKS» to the temporary management of «Development of Construction Assets» (RSA). DKS is a Russian asset of the Italian Adventus International S. r. l., which the company describes as one of the largest manufacturers of cable support systems and low-voltage equipment.

#foreignersinRussia #nationalization #oligarchs #Putin #rostec #SergeyChemezov

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One of the most talked-about topics around the world is the dossier on American financier Jeffrey Epstein, who for decades organized elite sex parties with billionaires and politicians. On July 6, 2019, this man, already convicted of pimping and involving minors in prostitution, was arrested on new sex trafficking charges. A month and four days later, Epstein was found dead in his jail cell; the official version is suicide. Many see his email archive as a basket of dirty laundry from a notorious matchmaker and pedophile who meticulously documented the sexual preferences of his high-profile clients. In reality, things are much more complicated.

#America #JeffreyEpstein #DmitryRybolovlev #DonaldTrump #oligarchs #Russia #SaudiArabia #SergeyLavrov #scandal #Epsteinfiles

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Following the column by commentator Tatyana Rybakova «The War Won. Why Putin Decided to ‘Squeeze’ the Economy» on «Most,» a discussion arose with economist Nikolay Kulbaka. Their conversation quickly went beyond the text’s topic. Moreover, the interlocutors decided to continue the discussion after the publication of the Russian Federation’s draft budget. For now, they debated whether a course toward Stalin-type industrialization has been taken and whether such economic policy is possible in Russia’s current realities.

#AnnaTsivileva #business #VladimirPutin #war #militaryindustrialcomplex #state #discussion #capitalism #KirillDmitriev #nationalization #society #oligarchs #redistributionofproperty #Russia #LaborandCapital #Ukraine #chaebols #elites

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