Journalists found ‘Putin’s purse’
Journalists have discovered that more than 80 companies, mostly close associates of Vladimir Putin, communicate and cooperate through the structures of LLC Invest.
Russian Invest Company and its affiliates are probably the president of Russia Vladimir PutinThey help him and his relatives manage their assets.
Russia’s Medusa newspaper and the Journalists’ Organized Crime and Corruption Research Project (OCCRP) have released a joint investigation report.
Journalists have discovered that more than 80 companies, mostly close associates of Vladimir Putin, communicate and cooperate through the structures of LLC Invest.
The study found that there are at least 86 companies associated with LLC Invest.
The total value of assets of these companies is $ 4.5 billion.
Assets include bank accounts, luxury real estate, private yachts and aircraft.
Some of these companies are directly related to the Bank of Russia. The bank’s largest shareholder is a friend of Putin Yuri Kovalchukstop.
“Putin’s girlfriend” and other relatives
Other assets are known as “Putin’s rival.” Svetlana Krivonoqix and other close associates of the president.
Some companies are registered in the names of ordinary employees of the structure.
For example, one of the companies associated with LLC Invest is the owner of a property in Karelia. Putin usually rests in this mansion.
The structure also includes the Igor ski resort, where Putin married his daughter, and a number of institutions owned by Putin and his relatives.
Investigative journalists believe that the companies associated with LLC Invest are “Putin’s purses” or custodians.
Putin’s spokesman Dmitri Peskov Asked about the investigation, he said that the companies in question had nothing to do with the president.