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Some of the money that Roldugin’s companies received from the Laundromat originated in a massive Russian tax fraud exposed by Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer
by solidsnack9000 8y ago
Some of the money that Roldugin’s companies received from the Laundromat originated in a massive Russian tax fraud exposed by Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who died in jail after revealing it.
https://www.occrp.org/en/troikalaundromat/vast-offshore-network-moved-billions-with-help-from-major-russian-bank https://www.occrp.org/en/troikalaundromat/vast-offshore-netw...
Pretty amazing how people show up to fight and get themselves killed on principle in situations like this.
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- dogma1138 8y agoWith billions at stake it’s pretty much guaranteed. Like the old saying goes when you extort someone make sure it won’t be cheaper to kill you than to pay you. I think what is amazing is that people show up to fight at all, I don’t think most people can comprehend just how much power a billion dollars can buy you not to mention a multiple of that.
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- credit_guy 8y agoThis led to the Magnitsky Act [1], where the U.S. slapped heavy sanctions on a number of Russian individuals believed to have been implicated in his death. This hurt Russia so much that they retaliated in a number of ways, one of which is the topic of investigations of a prosecutor whose name is Mueller... [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitsky_Act https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitsky_Act
- akhilcacharya 8y ago..and this is what the "adoptions" talk was a euphemism for during the Trump Tower meeting [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitsky_Act#Ban_on_U.S._adoption_of_Russian_children https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitsky_Act#Ban_on_U.S._adop...