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"Russian oligarch Arkady Rotenberg says he is the owner of an opulent Black Sea mansion, not President Vladimir Putin, as the leaders' critics had alleged."
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"Russian oligarchs have bought and sold multimillion dollar works of art while evading U.S. sanctions, according to a U.S. Senate report that urges reform..."
Artful dodgers: US Senate finds billionaire Putin pals evaded sanctions through art deals icij.org/investigations…
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November 7, 2019
"Rotenberg was among the Russian officials and business executives blacklisted in the aftermath of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014."
Blacklisted Russian businessman Rotenberg sells gas pipeline firm: spokeswoman reut.rs/2CmRAMX
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"...the bridge to Crimea is important and beneficial to Putin's ally, head of the board of directors of the Stroygazmontazh construction company Arkady Rotenberg."
Russian political scientist explains Kerch Strait Bridge's significance for Putin unian.info/politics/10770…
"That is, unless your name is Arkady Rotenberg, you’re a close friend of Vladimir Putin and you have a resourceful law firm like Appleby working for you."
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"Sunbarn also received loans totalling $231m (£162m) from companies owned by or linked to another childhood friend of the Russian president - the billionaire Arkady Rotenberg."
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"An unnamed spokesman for businessman Arkady Rotenberg confirmed to the RBC news service that Rotenberg had given loans to Roldugin, but the loans were commercial and several times smaller..."
"...they showed how brothers Boris & Arkady Rotenberg, childhood friends of Putin, were awarded 15% of the money controlled by Olimpstroy, the state company created to finance the Olympics."
"Arkady Rotenberg, the boyhood friend & former judo partner of President Vladimir Putin, already is collecting his winnings from what promises to be the most expensive Winter Olympics ever."
Significant chance of TOC involvement relating to this "coup" situation IMO. Sam Gor syndicate reportedly has significant presence there.
Related story from last week:
Man accused of running one of the world's biggest drug cartels arrested in Amsterdam us.cnn.com/2021/01/23/asi…
"As well as pioneering industrial-scale meth production in super-labs in Myanmar, Tse’s syndicate built its customer base...by offering to replace any drugs that were seized by LE at no extra cost."
Explainer: The arrest of Asia's 'most-wanted' drug boss reut.rs/3qM78Rl
Consider...40 Wall Street. The website calls the skyscraper a “72-story landmarked address.” It’s actually a 63-story building, according to a document filed with the SEC. The site says it has 1.3 million square feet of office space. It really has 1.1 million."
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"At Trump's building in Las Vegas, it takes some strange math to get to 64 floors. Above the ground level, there's an office, five floors of parking, a pool, and then—suddenly—the 16th level, according to an architectural drawing."
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"It comes after Russia's detained opposition figure Alexei Navalny called for action to be taken against Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and Alisher Usmanov, who has ties with Everton."
"The Russian billionaire who is one of Facebook's biggest investors believes that the social networking company's potential is 'not fully understood' — even by the company itself."
Wait for Facebook Surge: Russia’s Richest Man fw.to/Y2f44sU
"Under new proposed regulations from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), it may become much easier for the government to track bitcoin transactions."