Sergei Pugachev was a multibillionaire, a power behind the throne in the Kremlin. Then the president turned against the oligarchs and ‘Putin’s banker’ became a target
In April this year, a sombre looking Vladimir Putin attended a midnight Orthodox Easter Service in Moscow’s Christ the Saviour Cathedral. Holding a lit red candle, the Russian President crossed himself several times during the ceremony, known as the Divine Liturgy. When Father Kirill declared ‘Christ has risen’, Putin duly responded with the congregation: ‘Truly
Last week, Alexandra, 49, a descendant of the Tolstoy dynasty, reckoned that she was declared persona non grata by the bank, in part, because of an interview she gave to the Daily Mail.
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