Businessmen who helped Vladimir Putin to get oil money millions still own valuable properties in Latvia, as the TV3 program Nekā Personīga reminds us.
The Russian dissident organization raises the alarm that a year and a half after Russia invaded Ukraine, people who have benefited financially from the authoritarian Putin regime and actively supported it, are still growing businesses in Latvia without any worries.
THEY SUGGEST EXPANDING THE LIST OF NATIONAL SANCTIONS, BET THE ANSWER DOESN’T COME.
Under the 90’s president of the Russian Federation, Boris Yeltsin, the oil company Yukos was one of the largest Russian companies. Its owner, oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky was the richest person in the country. When Putin came to Yeltsin’s place, business in Russia became possible only for businessmen with a friendly relationship with the president. Khodorkovsky was arrested in 2003, and his company Yukos was taken away. Soon the oil fields went to Rosneft, controlled by Vladimir Putin’s childhood friends. Khodorkovsky spent 11 years in prison.
Alexei Golubovich, one of the directors of Yukos, testified against Khodorkovsky. He was rewarded for this. While the rest of the company’s management was in prison or hiding in exile, Golubovich was increasing his fortune in Russia and getting involved in politics. Cooperation with the authoritarian regime turned out to be profitable for him. Alongside other investments, Golubovich bought property in Latvia and received a residence permit.
Source: bnn-news.com
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