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Two companies controlled by Russian tycoon Roman Abramovich sold shares in a lucrative advertising firm in 2010 to two men whom Western governments claim are nominal holders for President Vladimir Putin, the BBC reported, citing leaked financial documents from Cyprus.
German broadcaster and author Hubert Seipel, who interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin and wrote two books about him, received 600,000 euros from companies associated with oligarch Aleksei Mordashov, who is close to Putin and is on the Western sanctions list, an investigation has found.