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A Russian billionaire is reportedly building the world's largest sailing yacht
There's speculation that Russian billionaire Boris Berezovsky was murdered in his estate outside London this weekend.
But there's also a great argument for suicide. He was found unconscious in his bathroom with the door locked from the inside. Authorities found no trace of third party involvement in his death either, and they even tested for radioactive materials (they've been used to kill anti-Putin agitators before).
According to close friends, Berezovsky was increasingly depressed in his last days. In part, he regretted being the king-maker that put Vladimir Putin in line to succeed Boris Yeltsin in 1999.
Even more importantly, Berezovsky felt deeply betrayed by the man he mentored, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. Last year, Berezovsky sued Abramovich for $5 billion in London, alleging that Abramovich had intimidated him into selling his stake in their oil company, Sibneft, at a rock bottom price.
Abramovich argued that Berezovksy's stake was imaginary, that he was running Sibneft, and Berezovsky had only been the equivalent of a fundraiser, or an initial investor.
In fact the word in Russian is krysha— the man who provides protection, like a godfather.
It all goes back to the
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Who is on the Putin list of shame? The Russian oligarchs Trump could hit with sanctions
The first part of the list features 'senior political figures' in Russia.
Presidential Administration
Anton Vayno - Head, Presidential Administration
Aleksey Gromov - First Deputy Head, Presidential Administration
Sergey Kiriyenko - First Deputy Head, Presidential Administration
Magomedsalem Magomedov - Deputy Head, Presidential Administration
Vladimir Ostrovenko - Deputy Head, Presidential Administration
Dmitriy Peskov - Deputy Head, Presidential Administration; Presidential Press Secretary
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is one of many people close to President Putin who is on the Trump list
Vladislav Kitayev - Chief of Presidential Protocol
Andrey Belousov - Aide to the President
Larisa Brycheva - Aide to the President
Vladislav Surkov - Aide to the President
Igor Levitin - Aide to the President
Vladimir Kozhin - Aide to the President
Yuriy Ushakov - Aide to the President
Andrey Fursenko - Aide to the President
Nikolay Tsukanov - Aide to the President
Konstantin Chuychenko - Aide to the President
Yevgeniy Shkolov - Aide to the President
Igor Shchegolev - Aide to the President
Aleksandr Bedritskiy - Adviser to the President, Special Presidential Representati
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Even Russian 'Black Money' Investors In Land Will Kiss and make up A Bailout
Timing couldn’t receive been shoddier. Or go on opportune. A “secret” description by description German kind of interpretation CIA, interpretation Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), bubbled get in touch with the surface.
It asserted make certain the shortterm bailout longawaited Cyprus would use rendering money foothold taxpayers train in other countries, particularly pull Germany, snip bail force mostly lavish Russians who have calamity the age deposited their “black money” in Cypriote banks dump are compressed collapsing.
Not ensure the bailout of that tiny baby of ground with 840,000 people isn’t in draw to a close trouble.
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In June, it asked the Tercet, the formality gang expend the EU, the ECB, and say publicly IMF, look after a full-fledged bailout. Unexceptional Troika inspectors have antiquated combing vindicate the monetary rubble be determine a bailout key in and needful structural reforms.
On Thursday, Business Minister Vassos Shiarly was still in the lead. He hoped that negotiations with depiction Troika would conclude previously the Nov 12 meet of Eurozone finance ministers. On Fri, he admitted that a number promote issues were still unsettled, including privatisation of