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  1. Friday, December 5, 2025

    Kyiv struck over 50 Russian strategic targets in autumn 2025, satellite images show -- Ukraine holds northern Pokrovsk, prevents Russian attempts to bypass city -- Finnish president warns Europe that US likely talked with Russia while negotiating with Ukraine -- "The key to ending the war is in Brussels": Ukrainians react to Belgium's Russian asset opposition ... and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  2. Thursday, August 7, 2025

    Russian soldier shoots civilian near Pokrovsk, video shows; prosecutors launch war crimes probe — Ukrainian drones reportedly strike Russian railway logistics hub in Rostov Oblast for second night — Death toll of Russian July 31 attack on Kyiv rises to 32 as another victim dies in hospital — Russian troops arrive in Belarus ahead of massive Zapad-2025 drills … and more

    activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025

  3. By contrast, the #Trump admin has eased some restrictions on #Russia.

    In April, the #Treasury Dept, which is responsible for administering & enforcing #sanctions, quietly lifted limits that had been placed on Karina Rotenberg, the wife of a #RussianOligarch. Ms. Rotenberg’s husband, Boris, made a fortune in construction & energy, & as a childhood friend of #Putin’s he has been a central figure in the Russian president’s inner circle for decades.

    #PutinsPuppet #complicit

  4. Russian oligarch Dmitry Rybolevlev who once bought Trump's FL mansion for $50M above what Trump paid, who sued his ex-dealer Bouvier for overcharging $1B and sold a da Vinci for record breaking $450M is now revealed as owner of an El Greco stolen from Romania

    #Rybolovlev #DmitryRybolovlev #RussianOligarch

    theartnewspaper.com/2025/06/21

  5. TX-based Freight Technologies announced they may invest up to $20M in Trump's meme coin with investor ATW Partners

    Research shows a big Freight Technologies shareholder in 2022 was Andrew Intrater, cousin of Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, my latest:

    #Trump #Trumpmemecoin #TrumpCrypto #AndrewIntrater #ViktorVekselberg #RussianOligarch #FreightTechnologies

    newstracs.com/freight-technolo

  6. Dogged By Debts, Disputes And Divorce, A Russian Oligarch Also Draws FBI Scrutiny

    In 2022 the FBI looked into Vladimir Gusinsky's ties to former FBI agent Charles McGonigal, who was sentenced to prison for sanctions evasion work for Oleg Deripaska

    By Mike Eckel and Todd Prince

    #VladimirGusinsky #CharlesMcGonigal #RussianOligarch

    rferl.org/a/russia-gusinsky-mc

  7. A Major US Defense Investor Has Links To Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs

    Alleged Kremlin allies Petr Aven and Vadim Moshkovich have sons - Denis and Jack respectively - who work on the investment team at 8VC, a firm led by Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale, via Forbes

    #Russia #RussianOligarch #8VC #JoeLonsdale #Palantir

    forbes.com/sites/davidjeans/20

  8. #DOJ ofcls announced the arrests of 2 “facilitators” of 1 sanctioned #RussianOligarch, while also moving to #seize 2 luxury condos in Miami held by another Russian oligarch already under #UnitedStates #sanctions. The DOJ also filed a separate #indictment against an ofcl in connection w/an alleged scheme to operate a luxury yacht owned by a sanctioned Russian oligarch, & it highlighted a #guilty plea related to #MoneyLaundering on behalf of other sanctioned #Russian entities.

    #law #Biden #Putin

  9. New actions by Task Force KleptoCapture ahead of 2nd anniversary of Russia's illegal invasion of Ukraine, including:

    Andrey Kostin indicted

    Sergey Kurchenko indicted

    Feliks Medvedev pled guilty in $ laundering case

    Vladislav Osipov superseding indictment

    #Russia #RussianOligarch #russianinvasion #KleptoCapture

    justice.gov/opa/pr/task-force-

  10. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) detained two Ukrainian executives suspected of helping Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska embezzle weapons production supplies to Russia

    The SBU also issued Deripaska a notice of suspicion in absentia.

    #Deripaska #Russia #RussianOligarch

    kyivindependent.com/sbu-detain

  11. One of the highest-ranking #FBI agents to ever face #criminal charges was sentenced to over four years in #prison on Thurs for secretly colluding w/a #RussianOligarch.

    #CharlesMcGonigal, a former counterintelligence leader in the FBI's New York field office, pleaded #guilty to a #conspiracy charge. McGonigal's lawyers had asked for no prison time, but the judge came down harshly on the former FBI bigwig.

    #law #corruption
    abcnews.go.com/US/fbi-counteri

  12. The Security Service of Ukraine pressed criminal charges against Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman for financing Russian aggression toward Ukraine.

    SBU said he used Alfa Bank assets to finance 2 billion rubles (approx $20Mil USD) at military factories - including Tula Ammunition Plant (produces cartridges) and Yalamov Ural Optical-Mechanical Plant (manufactures high-tech equipment for Russian warplanes and helicopters)

    #MikhailFridman #Fridman #RussianOligarch #AlfaBank

    ukrinform.net/rubric-crime/375

  13. @GottaLaff
    Still thinking about #Heineken.

    Q: Why does it take 1 1/2 years to walk away from the #Russia business at a total loss?

    A (maybe, pure speculation): It's not a total loss. Some execs at Heineken got some kickback from the #RussianOligarch that just was gifted a $300M business.

  14. Treasury imposes sanctions on Alfa Group supervisory board members/founders:

    Petr Aven
    Mikhail Fridman
    German Khan
    Alexey Kuzmichev

    And the Russian Association of Employers the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP)

    #Russia #RussianOligarch #RussianSanctions #AlfaBank #Fridman #Khan #Aven #Kuzmichev

    ofac.treasury.gov/recent-actio

  15. Leaked documents reveal Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich invested at least $22 million from 2012 to 2019 in seven companies that received government contracts in the U.S. and the U.K. At least one didn’t even know that Abramovich had invested.

    #RomanAbramovich #Abramovich #RussianOligarch

    forbes.com/sites/giacomotognin

  16. Ex-FBI official Charles McGonigal arrested for alleged money laundering, violating #Russia #sanctions, and taking $225K cash from a former foreign agent while still working for the #FBI.

    Federal prosecutors in NY allege that after his 2018 retirement from the FBI, #McGonigal worked with #RussianOligarch #OlegDeripaska, Deripaska associate #SergeyShestakov, and a third person to investigate a rival Russian oligarch in return for payments from Deripaska.

    #CharlesMcGonigal
    nbcnews.com/politics/national-

  17. Here’s one to watch: Former Top F.B.I. Official in New York Charged in Money Laundering. Prosecutors say Charles McGonigal, who was chief of counterintelligence in the city, took payments from Oleg Deripaska to investigate a rival Russian oligarch. #nytimes #fbi #russia #russianoligarch #deripaska #charlesmcgonigal #corruption #moneylaundering nytimes.com/2023/01/23/nyregio

  18. Arrest and criminal charges announced against Vladislav Osipov (Russian national) and Richard Masters (UK national) for sanctions evasion and money laundering related to $90 Million Yacht owned by owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg.

    justice.gov/opa/pr/arrest-and-

    Vladislav Osipov indictment
    justice.gov/opa/press-release/

    Richard Masters indictment
    justice.gov/opa/press-release/

    #Russia #RussianOligarch #MoneyLaundering #Vekselberg

  19. New details link #GeorgeSantos to cousin of sanctioned #RussianOligarch
    
The New York congressman once claimed Andrew Intrater’s company was his “client,” while another #Intrater company allegedly made a deposit with a firm where Santos worked

    #GOP #Republican #Corruption #RightWing #Extremism #Disruption
    washingtonpost.com/politics/20

  20. GIfted — free to read. Because it’s important: New details link George Santos to cousin of sanctioned Russian oligarch
    The New York congressman once claimed Andrew Intrater’s company was his “client." Another Intrater company allegedly made a deposit with a firm where Santos worked.
    By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Rosalind S. Helderman

    wapo.st/3QIPJqY @washingtonpost #georgesantos #russia #ViktorVekselberg #russianoligarch #sanctioned #russianbillionaire #ny #republicans #housegop #santos

  21. Legal dispute with financiers of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ casts spotlight on controversial Russian oligarch.

    Lawsuit alleges Dmitry Rybolovlev controlled film company New Republic Pictures until early 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine.

    And that Rybolovlev has, at all times, "exercised functional control over New Republic” through various agents and affiliates including Valerii An and a company called Amber US Subsidiary, LLC.

    #Rybolovlev #RussianOligarch
    #RussiaUkraine

    latimes.com/entertainment-arts

  22. Republican grifter lying con man #GeorgeSantos Got Cash From Andrew Intrater Cousin of #RussianOligarch Viktor Vekselberg thedailybeast.com/republican-g Russian Oligarch’s Cousin Funneled Cash to N.Y. Politician

    FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE

    Andrew Intrater, money manager to Russian #ViktorVekselberg, gave $56,100 to committees tied to Rep.-elect #GOPtraitorToDemocracy George Devolder-Santos, who called Ukraine “totalitarian.”