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Clinton Donor Victor Pinchuk Could Be The Biggest Loser In The Ukraine-Russia...
Interpipe, the Ukrainian pipemaker owned by Victor Pinchuk, son-in-law of ex-President Leonid Kuchma, has released its first official acknowledgment that it is in default on $106 million of debt owed...
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Here Are The Oligarchs Who Could Get Burned In Ukraine
A new type of warfare is being tested in Ukraine. The strategem was first publicly disclosed on February 23, when Zbigniew Brzezinski — the wannabe Secretary of State if the Democratic Party wins the...
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4 Ukrainian Oligarchs You Should Know About
In choosing to appoint Ukrainian oligarchs to important positions in Russian-heavy eastern regions of the country, Ukraine is sending an important message to Vladimir Putin.The message is — 'Ukraine...
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Ukraine Recruiting Its Oligarchs To Prevent Pro-Russia East From Seceding
After losing control of Crimea, Ukraine's embattled new government is turning to the nation's oligarchs to stamp out the flames of separatism in the mainly Russian-speaking east.The fledgling...
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Oligarch's Giant, Glowing Yacht Is Causing A Stir On Manhattan's West Side
New Yorkers have been tweeting, instagraming and posting countless photos of a gleaming blue megayacht docked off midtown Manhattan.It's called "Serene." At a staggering 436-feet, with five levels,...
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The Supreme Court Has Opened The Doors To Oligarchy
If wealth and income weren’t already so concentrated in the hands of a few, the shameful “McCutcheon” decision by the five Republican appointees to the Supreme Court wouldn’t be as dangerous.But by...
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Major Study Finds The US Is An Oligarchy
The U.S. government does not represent the interests of the majority of the country's citizens, but is instead ruled by those of the rich and powerful, a new study from Princeton and Northwestern...
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Study Reveals How Often America's Politicians Do Exactly What Rich People...
The wealthiest 10% of Americans and organized groups that speak for big business have far more influence over the U.S. government than average citizens, a new study by Princeton and Northwestern...
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The End Is Approaching For Eastern Ukrainian Oligarchs
Victor Pinchuk is either the greatest of patriots among the oligarchs of eastern Ukraine for having promoted an alliance with the European Union and the US presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton. Or...
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One Ukrainian Oligarch Is Loving The IMF’s Emergency Liquidity Assistance
The Ukrainian revolution has been very bad for business in the country. But for Igor Kolomoisky’s Privatbank there has been compensation of almost a billion dollars in state funds: publicly, rival...
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Ukraine's Richest Man Is Having A Lucrative War
Rinat Akhmetov is still the Ukraine’s richest man. If you believe the financial reports just issued by his Metinvest group, Ukraine’s largest steel, iron-ore, coal and coke maker, it’s a case of his...
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Putin Wants Oligarchs And Criminals To Bring Their Dirty Money Back To Russia
With the Russian ruble’s value at historic lows and the country’s central bank predicting an imminent recession, President Vladimir Putin struck a combative tone in his annual address to the Federal...
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Russia's Richest Have Lost $62 Billion This Year
Russia's wealthiest are getting demolished this year.Over the course of the year, the 20 richest Russians have lost a combined $62 billion, according to Bloomberg.(For a reference point, that's three...
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Putin's cronies built these mega mansions
It pays to be Putin's friend.A new report published on the website Otdel Rassledovaniy asserts that oil money that was supposed to be used on state projects was instead used to build mega mansions for...
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Meet the Russian oligarchs who own the West's most famous brands
Russia's wealth disparity is off the charts. Just over 100 billionaires hold a third of the country's wealth. That's largely down to Russia's chaotic 1990s. Enterprising and ruthless men (and they are...
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A Russian oligarch wants to sue Britain because he is blacklisted from...
Mikhail Fridman is threatening to sue the British government, after the Department of Energy blocked his purchase of 12 oil and gas fields in the North Sea because of Western sanctions over Ukraine,...
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9 Putin critics who mysteriously died since 2004
Boris Nemtsov, a former deputy prime minister and leading Russian opposition politician, was the latest in a long series of Kremlin critics to die under strange circumstances in the past 10 years.Some...
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A Russian oligarch's trust is suing his art dealer after he overpaid for a...
Last year, Steve Cohen made a great deal. He sold a nude painting by Amadeo Modigliani to an anonymous buyer for $93.5 million.But now that buyer, Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev, is suing the art...
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'A hostage of his entourage': Putin's rule may not be as secure as it seems
Vladimir Putin turned 63 this week with his now traditional display of sporting prowess and an announcement that Russian naval vessels had launched a wave of missiles against the Islamic State in...
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The 15 richest Russian people in the world, ranked
Many of the world's richest billionaires are Russian.Of the nation's most affluent citizens, all are men, many earned their wealth through the metal, oil, and banking industries, and some — like...
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