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Well there's a lot of that money in London too. But a fifth of the total of unexplained wealth coming from Russia -- a country that is not an absolute monarchy
by unfocussed_mike 5y ago
Well there's a lot of that money in London too.
But a fifth of the total of unexplained wealth coming from Russia -- a country that is not an absolute monarchy, should not have a "ruling family", and is down in the mid-seventies in the rankings of GDP per capita -- is kind of extraordinary.
This is not a wealthy small monarchy or a tiny little dictatorship, it's a large, poor country with an extraordinary, demonstrated level of kleptocratic exfiltration of wealth. A lot of it comes to London, and a lot of it comes to (mostly but not exclusively alt-right) populist, disruptive politicians and media figures across the West, through a variety of influence channels.
We're going to find out who those people are; some of them will surprise us, and some of them will not.
Finally, the topic is Ukraine, and unless I'm mistaken, kleptocratic middle-eastern monarchies aren't that interested in it.