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Russian oligarchs
As Western companies pull out of Russia, Putin allies cash in on discounted assets
Jun 28, 2023
Major American and European brands have pulled out of Russia in protest over the war in Ukraine and have lost millions in the process.
Has Europe’s highest court made it harder to sanction the assets of Russian oligarchs?
Mar 10, 2023
Anti-money-laundering campaigners say that a recent decision by the European Court of Justice is a blow against financial transparency.
Floating liabilities: Western authorities grapple with the cost of seizing oligarchs’ superyachts
May 19, 2022
Detaining luxury vessels worth hundreds of millions of dollars was the easy bit. Maintenance runs about 10% of the yachts' value.
Brits push back against SLAPP lawsuits that "gag" critics of oligarchs
Apr 29, 2022
The U.K. government has promised to act against the suits that allow wealthy litigants to abuse libel law and deter reporting on their finances.
The sociology of sanctioning Russian oligarchs
by
David Brancaccio
and Rose Conlon
Mar 11, 2022
Sanctions represent an existential threat for Russia's elite, says sociologist Brooke Harrington.
Who are the Russian oligarchs being sanctioned, and how did they get so rich?
Mar 10, 2022
Their fates and fortunes are tied closely to Vladimir Putin's.
UK accused of dragging its feet over sanctions on Russian oligarchs and of failing to clean up the “London laundromat”
Mar 4, 2022
Despite billions' worth of assets in London owned by Russian oligarchs, only a handful have been formally sanctioned by the U.K.