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How Putin’s cronies conceal reality via English courts

By Tom Rogan

Published July 30, 2021 7:57pm ET

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How Putin’s cronies conceal reality via English courts — Russian military Mi-35 helicopter takes off from the building of the Federal Security Service (FSB, Soviet KGB successor) in Lubyanskaya Square in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 26, 2016. Russian President Vladimir Putin attended a meeting with top officials of the Federal Security Service on Friday. | (Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP)

Vladimir Putin’s top cronies are using the English courts to whitewash their malign activities.

The activities in question center on massive state-institutionalized corruption and anti-Western action. Fusing the highest echelons of the Russian economy and security establishment, men such as Roman Abramovich, Petr Aven, and Mikhail Fridman enrich Putin and enable his hostile action against the United States and its allies.

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