Five of the Russians named in US list as Putin's cronies who have links to Britain

[FarCenter]

Chemical warfare teams test for nerve agent at the graves of Russian spy's wife and son to see if they were KILLED

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Five of the Russians named in US list as Putin's cronies who have links to Britain

Alisher Usmanov

(estimated wealth: £9.6bn)

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Roman Abramovich

(estimated wealth: £8.3bn)

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Arkady Rotenberg

(estimated wealth: £8.3bn)

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Oleg Deripaska

(estimated wealth: £4.6bn)

Mr Deripaska, who is said to be a close ally of Mr Putin, raised an estimated £1billion through his energy firm EN+ after floating it on the London Stock Exchange last year.

But MI6 raised concerns over the flotation by the 49-year-old father-of-two who has links to military hardware production.

In 2008, Mr Deripaska was listed by Forbes as the ninth richest man in the world, worth about $28billion.

But when the financial crisis hit he almost went bankrupt, before bouncing back with the help of the Kremlin, according to some reports.

He hit the headlines in 2017 when he was found to have ties with Paul Manfort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman.

And last year David Cameron's former energy minister Greg Barker was appointed chairman of EN+, with critics saying the move was further worrying evidence of the 'revolving door' between Whitehall and the City.

Lord Mandelson is a good friend of Mr Deripaska, who hosted him on his super-yacht, where the pair holidayed alongside Nat Rothschild, then shadow chancellor George Osborne and Tory fundraiser Andrew Feldman in 2008.

Vladimir Potanin

(estimated wealth: £11.7bn)



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[dalton99a]

1. The Russian oligarchy is a murderous criminal gang masquerading as the Russian government

[FarCenter]

3. That must be why so many like Deripaska are in London affiliating with the British financial elite

London is one of the primary hubs for the oligarchs moving their loot out of Russia and laundering the money.

After Brexit, Russian oligarchs will be even more important to the London financial center.

Note that Deripaska figures prominently in the discussion of connections between the Trump campaign and Putin.

[sharedvalues]

4. Russian Mafia is the Russian govt. Money is their tool

Link to tweet

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[Leghorn21]

2. What a trove of information, Far, WOW. Thanks for posting - - a new piece of possible

speculation:

“It is now widely believed the pair were exposed to a deadly nerve agent at Skripal's home, possibly from a present that his daughter had brought from Moscow.”

So his son was in Moscow and died suddenly and suspiciously, and his daughter was in Moscow - recently, I presume? - and um, I would not go to Russia at any time if I was related to Mr. Skripal...so there is much I do not comprehend about this situation, definitely -

Anyway, thanks again for posting-

[Initech]

5. I tell you it's like playing a really fucked up game of 6 Degrees Of Kevin Bacon.

Except there's just one degree, and someone in the government is connected to Russia. I tell you, once Mueller pulls the pin, a whole lot of people are going to go down for this.