New ‘Russian asset tracker’ tallies $17.5B worth of oligarchs’ wealth
The Russian Asset Tracker particulars $17.5 billion price of luxurious properties, plane, yachts and financial institution accounts tied to 10 oligarchs, authorities officers and others.
Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik by way of AP
A brand new on-line database is pulling again the curtain on the large wealth accrued by cronies of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The “Russian Asset Tracker” was unveiled Monday by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Undertaking, with particulars on $17.5 billion price of luxurious properties, plane, yachts and financial institution accounts tied to 10 oligarchs, authorities officers and others.
Topping the record is oil tycoon Roman Abramovich, who the OCCRP says is price at the very least $8 billion, down greater than 30 p.c since he was slapped with sanctions by Britain, Canada and the European Union.
His holdings embrace an $89.3 million seaside property on the French Riviera and a $15.3 million mansion on Austria’s Lake Fuschi.
Abramovich — the embattled proprietor of Britain’s Chelsea Soccer Membership — additionally has an property in Saint Tropez, France, and an Airbus M-SOLO helicopter, the values of that are unknown, based on the OCCRP.
Shut behind is aluminum magnate Oleg Deripaska, who had a web price of $5.7 billion and whose $65 million mansion in London’s swank Belgrave Sq. neighborhood was briefly seized by anarchist protesters final week.
Deripaska, who was sanctioned by the US in 2018, additionally owns a $31 million mansion on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast, three seaside villas on the Italian island of Sardinia, price a complete $409 million and a Clio “superyacht,” worth unknown, based on the OCCRP.
Telecom, media and mining mogul Alisher Usmanov — whose 500-foot megayacht, the Dilbar, was seized by German authorities on March 2 — is reportedly nonetheless price round $3.4 billion, with 27 Swiss financial institution accounts holding greater than $2.1 billion in money.
Usmanov additionally owns an Airbus A-340-300 passenger airplane price $350 million and two mansions in North London price $96.1 million and $30.8 million, based on the OCCRP.
Additionally included on the record is Moscow’s chief prosecutor, Denis Popov, whose wealth is estimated at $5.6 million, TV and radio anchor Vladimir Soloyvyov, who has an condo and a villa on Lake Como, Italy, price a mixed $1.2 million, and Putin envoy Yury Chaika, who owns property in Greece valued at $400,000.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who was sanctioned by the US earlier this month, can be listed as proudly owning an condo on Avenue Victor Hugo in Paris, though its worth is unknown.
Louise Shelley, director of the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Heart at George Mason College, stated, “This may assist European international locations determine prime targets to go after.”
“Of all of the folks named, solely Oleg Deripaska is recognized with property in america,” she stated.
Lawyer Tom Firestone, who focuses on transnational investigations and co-chairs the white-collar and inside investigations observe at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, additionally stated that “figuring out the belongings is simply the 1st step.”
“That is useful, however you'll be able to’t seize belongings till you've gotten proof that may get up in courtroom linking them to the fee of against the law,” he stated.
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