Sentences with phrase «russian oligarchs»

The growing skepticism towards Bitcoin did not stop Russian oligarchs from investing in it either, as traditional Russian billionaires such as Roman Abramovich, Aleksandr Frolov and Aleksandr Abramov are reportedly investing large chunks of their money into cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin, through a European fund called Blackmoon Crypto.

A couple of years ago, I wrote about Gold & Co., a British luxury jeweler which sells extra-shiny Apple devices to Russian oligarchs, boxing champions, and assorted other folks you don't want to get on the wrong side of.

Apr. 6, 2018: Great fanfare surrounds the list of newly sanctioned Russian oligarchs, including Deripaska, who is Manafort's former business associate.

Two fascinating stories published this month provide two very different perspectives on the clashes between once - powerful Russian oligarchs and a Russian legal system that many believe to be incurably corrupt.

On the same day that news of a half - million - dollar payment to Michael Cohen from Russian oligarchs was revealed, «AT&T Inc. said it made payments to Mr. Cohen's company in 2017 for «insights» into the administration at a time when the telecommunications giant needed government approval for an $ 85 billion takeover of Time Warner Inc..»

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> Russian oligarchs and Brazilian millionaires interested in DIA?

«It gives them a reason to use the jet,» Sam Orlofsky, a director at the Gagosian Gallery, said at a dinner Mr. Gagosian and his fellow hosts, Wendi Murdoch, the wife of the media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and Dasha Zhukova, daughter and partner of Russian oligarchs, held for 220 close friends at Mr. Chow, a restaurant in the W hotel on Collins Avenue.

Russian oligarchs, hedge - fund managers and veteran collectors will be trawling auctions and fairs as the 10 - year - old contemporary art event branches out into the ancient and modern.

Russian oligarchs lavishing millions, personal styles touted as «brands,» the globalization of the marketplace — Have you been to Dubai?

Two Russian oligarchs have founded collections dedicated to Socialist Realist art and have staged exhibitions such as «Soviet Art.

In the 2000s, London was consumed by talk of inflated property prices, hedge funds, Russian oligarchs and the arrival of the global super-rich.

In Cyprus, many of the largest bank accounts belonged to Russian oligarchs and other semi-criminal organizations, and so an alternative currency that is a bit clandestine is appealing.

There's a reason that Saudi royals, Russian oligarchs and others rush to US property and markets whenever their economies get the smallest hint of instability.

Russian Oligarchs bought PlasticLogic and used it to steal millions of dollars from Russian Taxpayer, there is a huge scandal in Russia regarding Rusnano, and shady investments....

The debut of the new longer - wheelbase sedan earlier this year revived the Maybach name as a subbrand of Mercedes - Benz, in addition to giving the Chinese and Russian oligarchs a third S - class sedan variant to lust after.

Saudi royals and Russian oligarchs, rejoice!

Speakers lined up to accuse the new superintendent of having ties to Russian oligarchs, links to Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos, and secret plans to undermine public education.

The Sunday Times recently reported that Russian oligarchs and their associates had donated more than # 820,000 to the Conservatives since Theresa May became prime minister.

But openDemocracy has now discovered that Cambridge Analytica's establishment links run even deeper, leading to one of the most senior figures in Northern Irish unionism — a PR man who has represented everyone from British Airways to Russian oligarchs — and raising questions once more about who gave the DUP a secretive # 435,000 donation for its Brexit campaign.

There is a prudent way to handle encounters with Russian oligarchs who have a huge financial interest in changing trade rules to favour them.

Trump's comment comes after conservative pundit George Will suggested Monday on Fox News that Trump's tax returns might show business links to Russian oligarchs.

It is hard to think of anyone with less personal knowledge of the current lives of British students than Peter Mandelson, with his multi-million pound London house, his holidays with Russian oligarchs and his life in a multi-national bubble of money and power.

Labour voters in particular will assume it exclusively affects a series of portly bankers and sinister Russian oligarchs.

Pleased to see that Congress passed a piece of significant legislation — forcing the Rump to impose further sanctions on the Russian oligarchs that oversaw his election.

Special counsel Robert Mueller is casting a wide net in his Russia investigation — grilling Russian oligarchs about Trump's campaign when they traveled into the US.

The move follows a stampede to buy up valuable real estate, especially in central London, by Russian oligarchs, Middle Eastern businessmen and other investors who see the capital as a safe haven for their money.

If there's an issue here about anything on Russian influence within our society, it's about Russian oligarchs funding the Tory party.

The report featured 96 individuals in regards to the Russian portions of the act, with many of them being various Russian oligarchs or government figures closely affiliated with Putin (though it's sort of redundant to say that I guess).

Today Arsenal are still competing with the considerable egos and financial irresponsibility, of Russian Oligarchs and Arab Sheikhs, whatever the doom and gloom merchants might claim, and they are doing it the right way; the long - term sustainable way.

Not even the Premier League, of Russian oligarchs and oil barons, have seen this presumed desecration of footballing integrity.

yes the same old story but this time with a big difference that changed everything for him and his delusional followers, we've been told all these years that we could not compete against Oil Money and Russian Oligarchs, well Leicester and Spuds shattered that argument.....

biased refs injuries Russian oligarchs etc etc....

This policy succeeded in turning the United States into a flight - capital center for third - world dictators, Mexican presidents and Russian oligarchs.

Each time he visited the offices of Russian oligarchs or Middle Eastern royals, he found they invariably displayed a model of their private planes.

Inasmuch as U.S. and European money has been given overwhelmingly to Russian oligarchs and their banks, might Russia have been better off without it?

Lawsuits are still being filed in connection with the dossier: Three Russian oligarchs on Friday brought a new suit against Steele in Washington, D.C. And the Democratic National Committee on April 20 filed suit against Russia, the Trump campaign and WikiLeaks, alleging there was a conspiracy to interfere in the 2016 presidential elections.

About 28 nations have already sent home more than 140 Russian diplomats in a coordinated response, while the U.S. has introduced various sanctions against Russian oligarchs and political officials in an attempt to hurt the Russian economy.

But unlike other Russian oligarchs, Khodorkovsky now enjoys an exceptional moral authority for surviving years in Russia's dismal penal system and waging legal battles in a corrupt and troubled justice system.

In all, the Treasury Department sanctioned seven Russian oligarchs and 12 companies they control, along with 17 top Russian officials, a state - owned weapons - trading company and a subsidiary bank.

The suit says that «preexisting relationships with Russia and Russian oligarchs» with Trump and Trump associates «provided fertile ground for [the] Russia - Trump conspiracy.»

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin discusses the Trump Administration's message behind sanctions against Russian oligarchs and companies.

In all, the Treasury Department, after consulting with the State Department, sanctioned seven Russian oligarchs and 12 companies they control, plus 17 top Russian officials, a state - owned weapons - trading company and a subsidiary bank.

The U.S. Treasury handed down the penalties on seven Russian oligarchs, 12 businesses and 17 Russian government officials, in response to what it described as their involvement in Russia's «malign» activities, ranging from military involvement in Ukraine and Syria to cyber crimes and alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election.

Similarily, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a release, «Russian oligarchs and elites who profit from this corrupt system will no longer be insulated from the consequences of their government's destabilizing activities.»

That conflict eventually led to the jailing and death of Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, and in turn to the Magnitsky Act sanctions against certain Russian oligarchs by the U.S.

ZURICH, April 12 - Switzerland's Sulzer has used a share buyback to free itself from U.S. sanctions, highlighting a potential escape route for other companies controlled by Russian oligarchs targeted in Washington's crackdown on President Vladimir Putin's inner circle.

ZURICH, April 17 - U.S. sanctions on Russian oligarchs have hit another Swiss company, with steelmaker Schmolz & Bickenbach's chairman forced to sever ties with Viktor Vekselberg to help clear the way for a bond placement, a spokesman for the Russian billionaire said on Tuesday.

In return for this effort, the dossier says, Putin wanted information from Trump on Russian oligarchs living in the US, Source E said.

Other deep - pocketed owners include the United Arab Emirates» Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, who owns Manchester City, and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea Football Club.