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The Return
The first hand account of Russia's transition from communism since 1985 involved detailed reporting and analysis spanning a period of more than two decades. Major findings include the sources of President, and then Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin's popularity and reasons for Russia's descent into economic depression in the 1990s and recovery after 1999.
Tags: Russia; communism; USSR; Vladimir Putin
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Untouchable: A Swiss Probe Finds a Kremlin Connection And a Wall of Silence
The Wall Street Journal sheds light on a case that ties Pavel Borodin, the old boss of the Russian prime-minister Vladimir Putin, to money laundering in Switzerland. The story reveals that Borodin opened two private accounts at SBS, a big Swiss bank, and in two years "more than $15 million sluiced through these private accounts..." The reporter cites Swiss officials who say the money came from Mercata Trading & Engineering SA, a Swiss-based, Russian run company." The article describes Borodin's detention in New York and the investigation against him, and points out that Russian officials have been unwilling to provide help on this case.
Tags: international politics; dirty funds; Mafia; finance; banks; Boris Yeltsin; Vladimir Putin; Geneva; Kremlin Security Council; KGB; investigation; prosecution; promissory notes
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Untouchable: A Swiss Probe Finds A Kremlin Connection and a Wall of Silence. Case Ties Putin's Old Boss to Money Laundering, But Russians Are No Help
Russian Prime Minister Vladmir Putin vowed to combat corruption within the government, but the case of his former boss, Pavel Borodin, indicates that some government figures are still untouchable. Swiss authorities massed more than 100,000 documents and mountains of evidence concerning Mercata, a "Swiss-based, Russian-run company" that received millions in Kremlin construction contracts, but are having difficulty proving the banker's knowingly intended to launder money. Russia's prosecutor general, Mr. Skuratov, who should have investigated the case, was blackmailed with a video showing him in bed with two women. He resigned. Few think Borodin has much to fear with Putin in power.
Tags: Kremlin; KGB; corruption; Russia; Putin; Swiss bank accounts; bribes; Central Banks; UN anticrime agency; offshore companies