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NEW: The think tank of sanctioned Russian oligarch Vladimir Yakunin is eyeing a potential expansion to New York. thinkprogress.org/vladimir-yakun…
Yakunin's the poster-child for numerous facets of modern kleptocracy:
1. High-level money laundering (reuters.com/investigates/s…)
2. Western reputation laundering (qz.com/1037549/how-th…)
3. Building mega-mansions with rooms devoted solely to fur coats (dw.com/en/sanctioned-…)
1. High-level money laundering (reuters.com/investigates/s…)
2. Western reputation laundering (qz.com/1037549/how-th…)
3. Building mega-mansions with rooms devoted solely to fur coats (dw.com/en/sanctioned-…)
Yakunin's also been linked time and again to funding one American group in particular: the World Congress of Families, one of the most notorious anti-LGBTQ hate groups. thinkprogress.org/vladimir-yakun… 
And now, despite being sanctioned, Yakunin's think tank wants to go global—specifically to New York, in order to liaise with the UN, IMF, etc. thinkprogress.org/vladimir-yakun… cc @CooleyOnEurasia
Of course Yakunin's think tank doesn't have a single mention of how Yakunin was a KGB general in his bio.
The head of Yakunin’s think tank does not appreciate our “allegations” against Yakunin (he didn’t specify what these “allegations” are):
Great primer from last year on Yakunin's (and Malofeev's, and others') role in spreading Russian "soft power" in France: carnegiecouncil.org/publications/a…
