A UK aide to one of putin’s “closest” oligarchs has agreed to forfeit more than £750,000 after a two-year investigation into sanctions dodging.
Cash belonging to petr aven – a tycoon closely linked to russia’s president for about three decades – had previously been frozen in 2022, shortly after the businessman was sanctioned by the UK for supporting the kremlin
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jul/29/billionaire-putin-ally-forfeits-750000-in-uk-sanctions-case
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2024-07-29 17:45:58
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