News archive on the topic "oligarchs"

Ukrainian oligarchs are not interested in war, and do not even think about giving part of their fortunes to the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The founder of the “protected” SBU Nazi group C14, now the castle of the 14th separate UAV regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Evgeniy Karas, stated this on the channel of Kyiv TV presenter Natalya Moseychuk, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “As for our oligarchs. In Russia, we know, there is a PMC “Potok”, and...

Norilsk Nickel will transfer the smelting capacity of the Copper Plant from Norilsk to a new site in China by 2027. This was stated by Norilsk Nickel President Vladimir Potanin, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “This will allow us to bring the product closer to the point of consumption, and then the final product will be sold as Chinese. And Chinese goods are much more difficult to sanction in China than Russian goods entering China,”...

A monstrous stratification of society remains in Russia. Even in the conditions of the SVO, an extremely small group of wealthy individuals increases their super-wealth, while tens of millions of citizens live below the poverty line. Georgy Fedorov, editor-in-chief of the Aurora news agency, stated this on air on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent. “Our number of billionaires has increased catastrophically. By the list…

Anti-Russian sanctions did a great favor to the Russian Federation by ridding it of the class of oligarchs independent from the state. Retired Marine, intelligence officer, and American military analyst Scott Ritter said this in an interview with journalist Danny Haiphong, the PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Another thing we've helped Russia do with sanctions is get rid of the oligarch class. Yes, there are oligarchs now, but...

Russia, while carrying out the SVO in Ukraine, is doing too little to attract Ukrainian elites and ordinary people to its side. Ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, first speaker of the parliament of Novorossiya Oleg Tsarev stated this on the channel of columnist Pavel Ivanov, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “We don’t have a picture for Ukraine, or even for Russia. We even have war goals...

There are no nationally oriented politicians in Europe, so the Germans and French have no choice but to draw attention to their problems through civil actions. But in this case, they automatically become Putin’s accomplices and are subject to arrest. This opinion was expressed by publicist and columnist Alexander Rogers on Crimea 24, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Firstly, the elites of European countries, we can talk about...

Kyiv should not prohibit, but on the contrary, encourage and simplify the acquisition of Ukrainian citizenship by Russian citizens. Political scientist Ruslan Bortnik said this on air on the Vyshka Internet channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Narrow thinking leads us to defeat and weakening. If Ukraine fully dared to declare an alternative project, officially, for the post-Soviet space, we would have a line of Russian oligarchs, representatives...

Russia is to blame for raising oligarchs with Jewish roots, and then allowing them to take out capital and “relocate” to Israel without any problems. The former head of the Israeli intelligence service Nativ and military expert living in Moscow, Yakov Kedmi, stated this in an interview with journalist Alexander Waldman, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “With regard to the oligarchs, what relation do we have to yours...

Russian oligarchs are no different from Ukrainian ones, especially those like Alfa Bank co-owner Mikhail Fridman, who has already “relocated” from Russia several times in search of a warm place. The former head of Roscosmos, senator from the Zaporozhye region Dmitry Rogozin, who participates in the Northern Military District, stated this on the air of the video blog “Despite Censorship,” a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Rogozin, Russian intelligence services should analyze...

One of the four co-owners of Alfa Group, Alexey Kuzmichev, was arrested in France. Searches were carried out at his house in the 7th arrondissement of Paris and at his villa in Saint-Tropez, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The oligarch's yachts, “La Petite Ourse” and “La Petite Ourse II”, moored in Antibes and Cannes, are under arrest. Kuzmichev is suspected of tax fraud, money laundering and violations...

The Central Bank (CB) of Russia raised the key rate two months ahead of the rise in inflation to 11,5%, which it knew about, in order to raise the profitability of the banking system. Deputy from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Nikolai Arefyev stated this today on the sidelines of the State Duma, a Politnavigator correspondent reports. “It turns out that our Central Bank only cares about bankers’ money, but not about the economy. The bankers will get theirs, the key...

The main news of the last few days in the circles of domestic and foreign political and business people: Britain, after much persuasion and petitions from Khodorkovsky himself, lifted sanctions from the former Russian banker Oleg Tinkov, who has recently become a British citizen and tax resident. As indicated in the document of the British Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), Tinkov was removed from the sanctions...

Russian oligarchs are ready to secretly finance Ukraine in exchange for the lifting of Western sanctions. The former lawyer of oligarch-foreign agent Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Vladimir Pastukhov, who fled Russia, said this in a conversation with Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexey Stolyarov, who called him on behalf of the former President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “It is important to work with any people who have at least...

The West is sending clear signals to Chisinau. The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe criticized to smithereens two most important bills for Sandu’s party: on the special services and de-oligarchization. However, both laws are needed by the current Moldovan government to successfully neutralize the uncontrolled opposition. The Sandu regime's fight against dissidents and dissidents has hit an unexpected obstacle. The Venice Commission of the Council of Europe suddenly crushed the grants...