Будни олигархов

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Посетив Москву этим летом, Стивен Колбер познакомился с Михаилом Прохоровым и приобщился к образу жизни российских олигархов. Тогда еще не стала известной близкая связь Прохорова с одним из участников прошлогодней встречи в Trump Tower.



Между тем слово "олигархат" успешно приживается и в США. Новый закон о снижении налогов еще не успели принять, а США уже догоняет Россию по уровню имущественного неравенства.



No other nation in the 35-member Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is as unequal among those with comparable tax data, and none have experienced such a sharp rise in inequality.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/17/upshot/income-inequality-united-states.html



Новое глубокое расследование Buzzfeed посвящено темным деньгам, связанным с организованной преступностью и международным террористом. Расследуя деятельность кипрского банка FBME, который использовался в качестве прачечной для отмывания сомнительных денег, в том числе Хесболлы, режима Асада и ИГИЛ, журналисты наткнулись и на следы Михаила Прохорова.

FBME held 23 accounts belonging to Prokhorov at the time of his presidential run - nearly all for companies registered in the British Virgin Islands and using what the central bank audit described as “front men” as directors. Though it was not clear what the accounts were being used for, FBME’s head of compliance admitted in an interview with its lawyers that the bank deliberately “hid” the fact that Prokhorov controlled the funds, the audit said - a claim that the compliance chief “categorically” denied to BuzzFeed News.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexcampbell/kremlin-linked-slush-funds-exposed



Последнее расследование показывает, что крышей для FBME служил пресловутый Дойче Банк.

Deutsche Bank facilitated hundreds of millions of dollars of transactions for a corrupt Cyprus bank that served as a hub for illicit money from “the darkest corners of the criminal underworld”, a trove of secret documents obtained by BuzzFeed News reveals.
Deutsche - and its New York subsidiary under scrutiny for its loans to Donald Trump - provided a crucial bridge between FBME Bank and the global financial system, acting as its longstanding correspondent bank in the US and helping some of its most nefarious clients move illicit money into the West.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/tomwarren/how-deutsche-processed-millions-for-a-dirty-bank

Дойче Банк продолжает упорно всплывать в новостях Рашагейта - от отмывания денег Манафорта до отмывания денег Флинна.

Deutsche Bank AG earlier this year flagged around $30 million in potentially suspicious transactions as part of an internal investigation into its role as a conduit for money involving Paul Manafort or people and entities connected to him, according to a person briefed on the matter.
The findings, which were discussed inside Deutsche Bank in late spring and early summer, primarily concerned cash flows tied to Mr. Manafort, who for about five months was President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman, and Mr. Manafort’s former business partner Richard Gates III, the person said.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/deutsche-bank-had-flagged-manafort-related-transactions-1513300450

Deutsche Bank AG has been asked by U.S. government authorities to hand over information about transactions that could be linked to former national security adviser Michael Flynn or entities connected to him, according to people familiar with the matter.
The information was requested as part of U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, the people said. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that Deutsche Bank has received several subpoenas in the investigation, and the German lender is continuing to provide information to authorities, according to people familiar with the matter.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/deutsche-bank-was-asked-for-information-on-transactions-potentially-linked-to-michael-flynn-1513364009



На президентских выборах 2012 Михаил Прохоров успешно сыграл роль клапана для пара, оттянув на себя часть голосов в крупных городах. Посмотрим, насколько похожая роль удастся в 2018 Ксении Собчак.

Недолго прожившая в 2012 передача Собчак "Госдеп" иронически отсылала своим названием к роли, которую сыграла в российских выборах Хиллари Клинтон.