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Bank Rossiya was not... just a vehicle for investment by... what would become Putin's Ozero circle. It was... one of the many places where this circle... collaborated with, Russian organized crime.
Putin's Kleptocracy (2014)
By 2013 the Forbes Russia list of the wealthiest businessmen in Russia was replete with friends of Putin.
Putin's Kleptocracy (2014)
It... scores below Nigeria in its ability to control corruption, and... its willingness to control corruption.
There's huge lack of certainty... in the west and in the elite... about what is Putin's view on anything on any given day.
Is Putin’s Russia a Kleptocracy? (2015)
Anton Surikov... former military intelligence specialist.. "...all Russian politicians are bandits from St. Petersburg." Surikov...was dead within several months of this 2009 interview.
Putin's Kleptocracy (2014)
So they laundered money. They kept it abroad, first for the CPSU and then for themselves.
Is Putin’s Russia a Kleptocracy? (2015)
Tribute is very important... It's a pay-to-play from the bottom to the absolute top... [L]oyalty and silence are demanded in return.
Is Putin’s Russia a Kleptocracy? (2015)
Putin... believes ...[the West] can easily be manipulated through appealing to investors' and bankers' interests.
Unmasking Team Putin (2015)
The bank... united elites close to Putin... [and] became a vehicle for investment... [e.g. for] 51 percent control over SOGAZ... A report on corruption... claimed... Bank Rossiya... [paid] $58 million, despite... [a] value of $2 billion.
Putin's Kleptocracy (2014)
1991 failed as an incident, but the effort to return... KGB preeminence... as a protector of the grand Russian idea... became part of the project of bringing Putin to power in 2000.
Is Putin’s Russia a Kleptocracy? (2015)
This group was seeking also to help themselves. They were a group of trained KGB officers, very interested in economic liberalism, but with political control, and primarily liberalism for them[selves].
I also got a few reviews from people who said, "ok, so they're corrupt, but it's not a kleptocracy." So... what do I mean by saying that... a political system is a kleptocracy?
Is Putin’s Russia a Kleptocracy? (2015)
Russians seeking to move money to the West... can establish an LLC and purchase... [real estate] property without revealing... the actual owner...
Unmasking Team Putin (2015)
Gunvor International, with Timchenko as co-owner... grew out of and benefited from the Russian state's dismantling of Yukos in 2003... gained control of... 5 percent of Russia’s total economic output and revenues of over $70 billion annually.
Putin's Kleptocracy (2014)