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Bill Browder explains why Putin and the people running Russia are so desperate to get sanctions lifted...its not about the Russian economy but about their own money.
- I don't put much stock in these largely unattributable claims that Putin has $200Bn looteddetritus
- Consider the environment at the collapse of the USSR. Similar things happened in Serbia after the collapse of Yugoslavia. I wouldn't be at all surprised ...Continuity
- ... if he looted that much.Continuity
- Some of it was in the Panama Papers leak
https://www.ft.com/c…yuekit - You don't suspect that there as 'a bit more to' the Panama 'leaks' than our media expressed?detritus
- Possible it was politically motivated, but I haven't heard anyone claim the information in the leaks isn't true.yuekit
- I'd not be surprised if he HAS whistled some money out of Russia, it's their way. i doubt it's even tens never mind hundreds of billions though.detritus
- Putin has Power, money is tertiary. Regardless — whatever squirreling's a drop compared to US sponsored gutting during the Yeltsin Oligarch era.detritus