he was angry at me. mcfaul wasn t the only object of putin s ire. since sergei magnitsky s death bill browder had been lobbying western governments including the united states congress to punish those responsible. i took this idea to senator benjamin cardin and senator john mccain, and i said can we ban the people who killed sergei magnitsky from coming into the country and can we freeze their assets? and they said we can. and that was the genesis of the magnitsky act. browder s theory is that the magnitsky act affects putin directly. vladimir putin doesn t keep any money in his own name. he keeps money in the name of many russian oligarchs. and this piece of legislation can and will freeze the assets of those oligarchs. i believe that putin is the richest man in the world. i believe he s worth $200 billion. and this piece of legislation puts that money at risk. interest in putin s wealth spiked when legal documents indicating offshore bank
legislation puts that money at risk. interesting in putin s wealth spiked when legal documents indicating offshore bank accounts were leaked to the press and became known as the panama papers. they pointed to a money trail of approximately $100 million that reportedly led to putin. but was held in the name of a musician friend, sergey roldugin, quite a large sum for an orchestra cellist. it was a bill confusion and big scandal and putin took it very personally. because he s a personally exposed. putin is corrupt. he created a corruption system in russia and this system with all his friends, is taking the money out of russian economy. vladimir putin. puten s annual government salary is the equivalent of about $300,000. and while there are no official accounts of his net worth. there are a few indications.
legislation puts that money at risk. interesting putin s wealth spiked in legal documents when offshore bank accounts were leaked to the press and became known as the panama papers. they pointed to money trail of approximately $100 million that reportedly led to putin but was held in the name of a musician friend, quite a large sum for an orchestra cellist. there s big confusion and big scandal and putin took it very personally because his personal life was exposed. putin is corrupt. he created a corrupt system in russia, and this system with all his friends is taking the money out of russian economy. putin s annual government salary is the equivalent of about $300,000. and while there are no official accounts of his net worth, there are a few indications.
and i believe he s worth $200 billion and this piece of legislation puts that money at risk. interesting in putin s wealth spiked when legal documents indicating offshore bank accounts were leaked to the press and became known as the panama papers. they pointed to a money trail of approximately $100 million that reportedly led to putin. but was held in the name of a musician friend, sergey roldugin, quite a large sum for an orchestra cellist. it was a bill confusion and big scandal and putin took it very personally. because he s a personally exposed. putin is corrupt. he created a corruption system in russia and this system with all his friends, is taking the money out of russian economy. vladimir putin. puten s annual government salary is the equivalent of about $300,000. and while there are no official
story. any moment, jurors get the case of former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. the president is watching the test and the verdict could change that the investigation moves forward. the 69-year-old manafort charged with a slew of financial crimes, okur stating a worldwide scheme of dozens of offshore bank accounts to avoid taxes on millions of dollars earned while lobbying pro-russian politicians in ukraine. earlier today, the federal prosecutor said the case is about one thing lies. meanwhile, in their close, manafort s defense team attacked the case saying he is, quote, a victim of overzealous prosecutors. cnn s justice correspondent jessica schneider is in virginia. they raised an issue of manafort selectively prosecuted? reporter: yeah. after the defense team called paul manafort a victim, the prosecution really called them