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I hope this is true
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There are a lot of news stories about it.






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Who are the Russian oligarchs? 😲

Aras Agalarov - Billionaire Aras Agalarov is a Russian oligarch and real estate developer, known as the "Russian Trump". Unlike his friend, Donald Trump, Aras does not seek out publicity, instead maintaining a life of luxury away from the public eye in a manner that is expected of oligarchs in Russia. He paid Trump $20,000,000 to hold the 2013 Miss Universe pageant at his Crocus City Hall concert hall, and they would later discuss the construction of a Trump Tower in Russia.

Farkhad Akhmedov - Akhmedov belongs to a relatively small circle of Russian billionaires who can easily prove the legal origin of their fortune. He has never taken part in the so-called "loans-for-shares auctions" and is one of the few large Russian businessmen who has not used state budget subsidies. In the Forbes files, Akhmedov is described as a "self-made" man.

Igor Altushkin - The man behind RCC Boxing is Igor Altushkin, one of the richest men in the Russian Federation. The oligarch began his career as a scrap metal trader in the early 1990's before founding the Russian Copper Company (RMK), an organization that would go on to become Russia's third-largest copper producer.

Alexey Ustaev - Ustaev is the founder and president of the St. Petersburg-based investment bank Viking. Ustaev has received a plethora of awards for his work, including one for being the "best leader of Russia," and an award from the Russian Sports Ministry for his charitable work.

Vasily Anisimov - Property developer

Petr Aven - Petr Aven, also known as Pyotr Aven, is a Russian oligarch, businessman, economist and politician. He heads Alfa Bank Group, Russia's largest private sector bank. Together with fellow billionaire Mikhail Fridman and four other partners he cofounded the investment firm LetterOne in 2013.

Vladimir Bogdanov - Russian Oligarchs Vladimir Bogdanov is being designated for operating in the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy. Bogdanov is the Director General and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Surgutneftegaz, a vertically integrated oil company operating in Russia.

Alexander Mijeev - CEO of Rosoboronexport, a major Russian military weapons company. Rosoboronexport's parent company is Rostec, Russia's biggest defense conglomerate founded by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2007. Former head of the Russian Helicopter Corporation. In 2016, he took over Rostec, a Russian state-owned weapons supplier. The yatcht that was sunk, The Lady Anastasia, was owned by Alexander Mijeev.
 
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Who are the Russian oligarchs? 😲

Aras Agalarov - Billionaire Aras Agalarov is a Russian oligarch and real estate developer, known as the "Russian Trump". Unlike his friend, Donald Trump, Aras does not seek out publicity, instead maintaining a life of luxury away from the public eye in a manner that is expected of oligarchs in Russia. He paid Trump $20,000,000 to hold the 2013 Miss Universe pageant at his Crocus City Hall concert hall, and they would later discuss the construction of a Trump Tower in Russia.

Farkhad Akhmedov - Akhmedov belongs to a relatively small circle of Russian billionaires who can easily prove the legal origin of their fortune. He has never taken part in the so-called "loans-for-shares auctions" and is one of the few large Russian businessmen who has not used state budget subsidies. In the Forbes files, Akhmedov is described as a "self-made" man.

Igor Altushkin - The man behind RCC Boxing is Igor Altushkin, one of the richest men in the Russian Federation. The oligarch began his career as a scrap metal trader in the early 1990's before founding the Russian Copper Company (RMK), an organization that would go on to become Russia's third-largest copper producer.

Alexey Ustaev - Ustaev is the founder and president of the St. Petersburg-based investment bank Viking. Ustaev has received a plethora of awards for his work, including one for being the "best leader of Russia," and an award from the Russian Sports Ministry for his charitable work.

Vasily Anisimov - Property developer

Petr Aven - Petr Aven, also known as Pyotr Aven, is a Russian oligarch, businessman, economist and politician. He heads Alfa Bank Group, Russia's largest private sector bank. Together with fellow billionaire Mikhail Fridman and four other partners he cofounded the investment firm LetterOne in 2013.

Vladimir Bogdanov - Russian Oligarchs Vladimir Bogdanov is being designated for operating in the energy sector of the Russian Federation economy. Bogdanov is the Director General and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Surgutneftegaz, a vertically integrated oil company operating in Russia.
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Oleg Deripaska - Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska is a Russian oligarch and industrialist. He is the founder of Basic Element, one of Russia's largest industrial groups, and Volnoe Delo, Russia's largest charitable foundation. The founder of Russian aluminium giant Rusal (EN+), called for a coherent economic plan as escalating financial sanctions threaten to cripple the country's economy.

Mikhail Fridman - Mikhail Maratovich Fridman is a Ukranian-born, Russian oligarch. He also holds Israeli citizenship. He co-founded Alfa-Group, a multinational Russian conglomerate. He is the chairman of Alfa Bank. According to Forbes, he was the seventh richest Russian as of 2017. Alfa-Group is a private conglomerate operating primarily in Russia and former Soviet states that spans banking, insurance, retail and mineral water production. Fridman has a net worth of $11.4 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaire's Index. (Note: Maybe he is one reason for Israel's governments (Tel Aviv) lackluster response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine?)

Roman Abramovich - Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich is a Russian oligarch, billionaire, businessman, and politician. Abramovich enriched himself in the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union, obtaining Russian state-owned assets at prices far below market value in Russia's controversial loans-for-shares privatization program in Russia's controversial loans-for-shares privatization program. Abramovich was a confidante of former Russian president Boris Yeltsin and current Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
 
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I wonder.......
Is there any chance that the insurance agent is on speed dial? Will having insurance even HELP in this situation? Hummmm?

Aloha, Mark
 

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