Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Introducing Cyprus Confidential: An investigation into the financial networks powering the Putin regime

Recommendable! Reminds of a kleptocracy.

"For decades, Moscow has cast a shadow over the tiny country, where free-flowing Russian money has enriched a few while fueling a rogue financial system, operating inside the European Union and beyond.
“When the Russians came to Cyprus, they brought not only Russian corruption, they brought Russian organized crime, they brought Russian agents of the Russian intelligence services,” ...
Meanwhile, ICIJ’s partners found that a famous German journalist [Hubert Seipel] known for his fawning coverage of Putin agreed to receive around $700,000 from a shell company tied to a Russian oligarch. ...
The documents read like a who’s who of Russia’s elite — roughly two-thirds of the country’s billionaires appear in the files, including dozens who’ve been sanctioned. ..."

Introducing Cyprus Confidential: An investigation into the financial networks powering the Putin regime

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