Category: Oligarchs

Wealthy Russian Businessman Held by UK Officers Investigating Oligarchs

December 3, 2022
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A wealthy Russian businessman has been arrested at his multi-million-pound London home by officers investigating potential criminal activity by oligarchs. The 58-year-old man, who has not been named, was held by the National Crime Agency (NCA) on Thursday on suspicion of offences including money laundering, conspiracy to defraud the Home Office, and conspiracy to commit…

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UK Sanctions Pro-Russian Separatist Leaders in Eastern Ukraine

April 13, 2022
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The UK government, in coordination with the European Union, has sanctioned 178 individuals linked to pro-Russian separatist regions of Eastern Ukraine. The UK Foreign Office said the new sanctions are intended to target “those who prop up Russian-backed illegal breakaway regions of Ukraine.” This comes after a missile attack on a packed railway station in…

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Ukrainian Lawmakers Pass Law on Oligarchs After Assassination Attempt

September 25, 2021
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KYIV—Ukraine’s parliament passed a law on Thursday to order “oligarchs” to register and stay out of politics, a day after an attempt to kill a top aide to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, which officials said could have been a response to the reform. The law provides a definition for an oligarch and gives a body headed…

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