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The Latest Breaking News from Alexei Mordashov

Musk, Zuckerberg and most of rest of the world’s richest got richer in 2023

Fortunes of 38 of the top 50 richest people and 385 of the top 500 grew this year – in one case sevenfold

The Guardian - UK

Margaret Hodge urges PwC to show it is not using global structure to aid illicit financial flows

Labour MP makes call after branches’ role highlighted in Cyprus Confidential and other investigations

The Guardian - UK

Friday briefing: How Russian oligarchs use Cyprus to shield assets from sanctions

In today’s newsletter: A new investigation from the Guardian and others reveals the big ways the small island can help the wealthy avoid scrutiny

The Guardian - UK

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The Guardian view on Cyprus Confidential: revelations should be a spur to action

Editorial: Transparency and international cooperation are key to investigating offshore transactions – and also regulating them

The Guardian - UK

German publisher halts sale of top author’s books after leak reveals he received €600,000 from Putin ally

Broadcaster NDR launches investigation after Hubert Seipel admits receiving support for work on two books on Russian leader

The Guardian - UK

PwC Cyprus moved £1bn for Russian tycoon on day he was put under sanctions

Leaked files raise questions over timing of deal as government of Cyprus reveals ‘ongoing’ criminal investigation

The Guardian - UK

Top German journalist received €600,000 from Putin ally, leak reveals

Influential author and broadcaster Hubert Seipel received financial support for his work on two books described by many as sympathetic to Russian president

The Guardian - UK

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As the list of funds rejecting PwC grows, should anyone employ PwC at all?

A look at PwC’s recent international history shows an enthusiasm for kleptocrats and allies of Vladimir Putin. Why would you want this firm auditing you?

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Megayacht sparks warnings Hong Kong could become Russia haven

Hong Kong (AFP) - The recent visit of a Russian megayacht to Hong Kong has sparked warnings from corruption investigators that the city could become a haven for oligarchs and officials hiding from Western sanctions.

AFP

Russian oligarch's luxury yacht departs Hong Kong port

A luxury yacht belonging to sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexey Mordashov departed Hong Kong waters on Thursday heading for the South African port of Cape Town, according to private tracking site MarineTraffic.

Reuters

Hong Kong leader says he 'laughs off' US sanctions

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong's leader laughed off US sanctions against him Tuesday as he defended his government's decision not to act against a superyacht reportedly owned by a Kremlin ally.

AFP

US says Hong Kong risks reputation over yacht linked to Putin ally

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong could damage its reputation as a financial hub if it gives haven to sanctions dodgers, the United States cautioned Saturday, after the city said it would not act against a superyacht reportedly owned by a Kremlin ally.

AFP

Hong Kong to not enforce sanctions on megayacht linked to Putin ally

Hong Kong (AFP) - Hong Kong said Friday it will not act on any "unilateral" Western sanctions, after a luxury megayacht linked to one of Russia's wealthiest oligarchs docked in its waters.

AFP

Luxury yacht owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch docked in Hong Kong

A luxury yacht worth over half a billion U.S. dollars belonging to sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexey Mordashov has docked in Hong Kong waters, according to shipping records, after a week-long voyage from Russia.

Reuters

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The Guardian - UK

EU plans to put Putin’s rumoured girlfriend on sanctions list

Alina Kabaeva likely to join Patriarch Kirill, who supports war in Ukraine, on draft document of travel bans and asset freezes

Daily Mirror

Inside oligarch's £380m superyacht so luxurious it left custom officers aghast

Customs officers in Vladivostok, Russia, were astonished by the splendour of Alexei Mordashov’s boat featuring a swimming pool, jet skis and a grand piano

Evening Standard

Revealed: Luxury interior of Russian oligarch’s $500m superyacht after he sails it to Vladivostok ‘to evade Western sanctions’

Locals have rushed to take selfies with the luxury vessel

The Guardian - UK

Usmanov’s €600,000 bulletproof car seized in Sardinia as part of EU sanctions

Ex-Arsenal shareholder’s Mercedes Maybach S650 Guard may have been used by Putin in secret visits to island, reports suggest

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Helipads that turn into pools! On-board spas! Anti-pap tech! Inside the oligarch super-yachts

They’re marina-hopping to avoid sanctions - but who has the biggest boat? From record-breaking swimming pools to haute-gyms and their own submarines, Katie Strick has a guide to the biggest brashest boats in town

The Guardian - UK

Germany investigates £1bn Tui share transfer by sanctioned Russian oligarch

Alexei Mordashov sold most of 34% stake in world’s biggest tourism operator to entity controlled by his wife

The Guardian - UK

Russia’s richest man may have avoided freeze on £1bn Tui shares

Alexei Mordashov sold most of 34% stake in world’s biggest tourism operator to firm in British Virgin Islands

The Guardian - UK

Tui Group terminates branding deal with Tui Russia

Holiday firm axes deal allowing Alexei Mordashov to use its name after oligarch was sanctioned by EU

The Guardian - UK

Italian police seize yacht owned by Russia’s richest man

$27m boat impounded after EU blacklists owner Alexei Mordashov following Moscow’s attacks on Ukraine

The Guardian - US

Meet the oligarchs: the Russian billionaires whose jets, yachts and mansions are now in the crosshairs

Some of Russia’s super rich are finding their assets in the west under threat of sanctions from the US

The Guardian - UK

Alexei Mordashov: Russia’s richest man is now an EU sanctions target

Oligarch has investments ranging from London-listed travel giant Tui to the ‘personal bank’ of senior Russian officials

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