#Russian Oligarch
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Tradesmen's entrance. Spotted on some railings in Belgravia.
So if you've come to do the plumbing, don't use the front door. That said if you are a plumber in London these days you should be entitled to use whatever entrance you like- you are now rarer in London than a Russian Oligarch...and probably richer!
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Cyprus: The East Coast And Its Unexpected Horrors
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#Bogaz#Cyprus#Cyprus resort towns#independent travel#Iskele#Northern Cyprus#Russian Oligarch#Travel journalism#travel photography
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sometimes it's not even enemies to lovers. sometimes you get handed the leash of a snarling, barking dog against your will and realize with dawning horror that you are now responsible for teaching it not to bite
#the comically evil arrogant rude chauvinistic homophobic son of a russian oligarch prick of a man that has been ruining my life#who i thought was making innuendos towards me as part of a twisted plwer play in a way only people who have not been punched enough#can approach social situations#drunkenly told me he admired and loved me and then promptly propositioned me. twice.#fuck my entire life
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Elon Musk was forced to reveal who financed his purchase of Twitter. Amongst owners are two Russian oligarchs close to Putin and sanctioned over the Russian invasion of Ukraine: Petr Aven and Vadim Moshkovich.
Petr Aven is a Russian billionaire, founder of Alfa Group, which is one of the main wallets for Putin. Aven also attended a meeting with Putin on February 24, 2022 to mark the start of the invasion of Ukraine.
Vadim Moshkovich owns Russia's largest agricultural holding Rusagro. Naturally, he also attended the meeting with Putin on February 24, 2022 and, like Aven, did not protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
#anyone tells me musk is not a corrupted oligarch and a russian asset#I will throw THIS at them#america#usa#the us#washington#russia#putin#politics#billionaire#elon musk#україна#укртумбочка#укртамблер#укртумба#twitter#btw the reason those two among other ru oligarchs were called to pootin in the wake of the invasion#is to consult them on what they can do with all the economic war spoils russia would get after ukraine's defeat#the agricultural sector the fuels the mines - all the oligarchs who own those sectors in Russia were called in to Putin that day#and those are Elon Musk's sponsors
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Imane Khelif had to fight to participate in boxing because her father did not approve of boxing for girls. She had to sell scrap metal to afford the bus fare to a neighboring village where she could attend training sessions.
Lin Yu-Ting took up boxing to protect her mother from domestic violence.
They should be enjoying Olympics like any other athlete but instead are faced with vile racist, misogynist and transphobic abuse, I feel so bad for them I hope they’re safe :(
#imane khelif#lin yu ting#khelif’s next opponent is straight up nazi posting on instagram#and the fact that the whole thing started from russian propaganda news#and the president of IBA is a russian oligarch and the whole organisation who ran those tests on them is very sus#and strange how khelif was disqualified after winning against a russian boxer 🤔
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all those fucking "leftist" dudes lusting over that photo of that girl in georgia putting on lipgloss in the reflection of a riot shield then going dead silent when they learn it's georgia the country and she's protesting against russian aggression lmao
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Extremely funny that royal watchers have spent 2024 wondering what the Sussexes were going to do for money, all while the Sussexes themselves were shopping for a vacation home
extremely funny that you took the time to come tell me that yourself because these two could walk naked down times square right now and it would barely make headlines
#did they buy this one discounted from a russian oligarch in trouble for beating up his wife too#susx#answered
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Switzerland has for years been the destination of choice for Russian oligarchs and corrupt officials to hide their stolen money. Swiss banks are estimated to hold over $200 billion in stashed Russian cash.
The United States recently opened an investigation into Swiss banks helping #Russia to evade sanctions, subpoenaing the two largest Swiss banks at the time. Switzerland is also key to Russian #evasion of export controls meant to ensure Russia cannot resupply its military and continue its war.
Russian-induced corruption within the Swiss law enforcement system led to the resignation of the former top prosecutor of Switzerland and the conviction of a senior Swiss law enforcement official on bribery charges. Switzerland is now primed to send millions in frozen Russian dirty money related to the revelations of Sergei Magnitsky to the Russians who stole it.
This hearing will examine Switzerland’s key role in laundering Russian money. Witnesses will discuss how Switzerland came to be a favorite destination for Russian dirty money, how Russian corruption in Switzerland endangers U.S. national security and the ability of Ukraine to defend itself, and possible policy responses. This hearing builds on years of work by the #Commission to hold Switzerland to account for its role in Russian money laundering and corruption.
The following witnesses are scheduled to testify:
1Bill Browder, Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign
2Drew Sullivan, Co-Founder, Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP)
3Olena Tregub, Secretary General, Independent Defense Anti-Corruption Committee (NAKO)
HEARING
Russia’s Alpine Assets: Money Laundering and Sanctions Evasion in Switzerland
July 18, 2023
1:00 p.m.
Senate Dirksen Building G50
Live stream:
youtube.com/watch?v=dxX98X…
#switerland#russian oligarchs#swiss banks#russian induced corruption#bribery charges against senior swiss law enforcement official#us national security#ukraine resistance#stop russian invasion#stop russian money laundering#give russian money in switerland to ukraine#ukraine war#help ukraine#give weapons to ukraine#i stand with ukraine#slava ukraini
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#the billionaires have been wooed#uk politics#sir kid starver#meltbusters#this newspaper is still owned by a Russian oligarch
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Russia makes money primarily off of fossil fuels. It does have decent agricultural exports but those alone could not pay for Putin's war machine. So disrupting Russia's oil and gas industry is a way of reducing the country's revenue which allows it to conduct an illegal war of aggression.
Hostile drones have been winding their way across the Russian landscape this winter, striking refineries and related oil and gas infrastructure all the way from the Baltic Sea in the northwest to the Black Sea in the southwest. Drones attacked both the Ilsky and Afipsky refineries in Russia's Krasnodar region, east of occupied Crimea, on Feb. 9, less than a week after another refinery in Volgograd, the largest in southern Russia, was hit. Further attacks have struck other refineries and oil depots near the Ukrainian border, as well as much deeper into Russian territory. Though Ukraine does not typically confirm its actions outside its borders and Russia has not officially acknowledged drones were the cause of these incidents, media reports have identified Kyiv's hand in the attacks occurring with regularity as Moscow's invasion of Ukraine nears the two-year mark. Analysts say the drone attacks are demonstrating that oil and gas targets of economic significance are not out of reach, even far from the front lines of the war.
The late Sen. John McCain nailed it.
Late U.S. Senator John McCain once derisively described Russia as being "a gas station masquerading as a country" — a jibe underlining the critical importance of oil and gas products to Moscow. Indeed, Russia draws heavily on its resource reserves to support the state. The International Energy Agency says Russia's oil and gas export revenues accounted for 45 per cent of its federal budget in 2021.
Of course a lot of that fossil fuel money gets siphoned off by corrupt oligarchs who use it to purchase superyachts and expensive real estate in Western countries.
A January attack on a Novatek facility in Ust-Luga halted gas processing operations there for several weeks. The plant processes gas condensate into various fuel products that are exported to customers in Turkey and Asia, according to Reuters. Sergey Vakulenko, a former strategy executive at Gazprom Neft, a subsidiary of the larger Russian energy firm, believes the Ust-Luga episode may illustrate a bigger problem for Russia than a temporary disruption to production at a single facility. In a recent analysis published online, Vakulenko reasoned that if small drones can get all the way to Ust-Luga, which is hundreds of kilometres from the Ukrainian border, there are some 18 Russian refineries at risk of being targeted, and they account for more than half the country's refinery production. He's not the only analyst noticing this concern for Russia's refineries.
And because hundreds of thousands of competent Russians have (wisely) fled the country and others are being used as cannon fodder for Putin's war, it takes longer to repair facilities damaged by Ukraine.
And the fossil fuel industry mostly has to fend for itself.
Maxim Starchak, an independent expert on the Russian defence and nuclear industry, says regulations have been put in place to restrict drones from flying close to "the most significant fuel and energy sector facilities" and operators are using electronic warfare systems to defend against drone threats. But Starchak said Russian energy firms must foot the bill for expenses related to defence of their facilities. "Moscow will not specifically help," he said, noting Russian authorities may hold firms accountable for not putting measures in place to protect their facilities.
So that burden cuts down on revenue as it adds to the cost of doing business.
One thing Ukraine has been innovative at is drone technology. It's become one of the world's leaders at that.
As Ukraine continues to fight to repel Russian forces from its lands, its military leaders have signalled drones and related technology will be needed to win the war that seems to have no end in sight.
And Western countries find it easier to provide additional drones to Ukraine than to send tanks and cruise missiles.
So Russian convict troops can luxuriate in the ruins of Avdiivka while their oil refineries back home get blown up by Ukraine.
EDIT: Speaking of fuel, just saw this at NPR.
Putin's regime is 'running out of fuel,' a Russian opposition activist tells NPR
#invasion of ukraine#stand with ukraine#russia#oil refineries#russia's fossil fuel industry#drones#ukraine's targeting of russian oil infrastructure#russia's war of aggression#vladimir putin#putin dictatorship#kleptocracy#oligarchs#россия#нефтеперерабатывающие заводы#бпла#олигархи#владимир путин#путлер#путин хуйло#добей путина#союз постсоветских клептократических ватников#руки прочь от украины!#геть з україни#вторгнення оркостану в україну#йдемо на ви#зсу#деокупація#слава україні!#героям слава!
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#tiktok#us govt#us government#Russian oligarchs#eat the rich#eat the fucking rich#kill the rich#late stage capitalism#capitalism kills#capitalism
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YES! Start in Toronto...
#I ❤️ Francesca Albanese
#palestine#palestinians#israeli apartheid#israeli occupation#genocide#gaza#war crimes#justice#icj ruling#end the occupation#illegal settlements#illegal occupation#illegal annexation#securities fraud#arms dealing#swiss bankers#russian oligarchs#toronto#holy blossom temple#canadian madoff#lantzmen#decolonization#free palestine#free gaza#un report#bronfman#cija#mega group#sy jacobson
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Here's hoping his old pals in Russia decide he knows too much.
Oh, if Trump was Russian/in Russia, he definitely would have "fallen out a window" by now. So yes.
#anonymous#ask#politics for ts#the recent oligarch death rate is staggering even by russian standards#but like#international criminal court issued a warrant for putin#trump is going to get arrested for this and hopefully many other things#the arc of the moral universe is long etc#they should be cellmates in a terrible terrible prison#we can dream
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Hunter Biden Arranged Business Meeting with Dad, Uncle, and Chinese Oligarch, New Text Messages Show
A newly emerged batch of text messages has revealed that Hunter Biden arranged a business meeting with a Chinese oligarch for key members of his family, including his father.
#hunter biden#hunterbiden#ChineseOligarch#chinese oligarch#biden crime family#bidencrimefamily#CEFCGlobalStrategicHoldings#cefc#CEFC Global Strategic Holdings#YadongLiu#yadong liu#ccp#GongwenDong#Gong wen Dong#StateEnergyHKLimited#State Energy HK Limited#russian#Kazakhstani oligarchs#Burismaexecutive#Burisma executive#burisma
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