Pavel Antov: The story of the Russian 'Sausage King' who met his end in Odisha's RayagadaMeat tycoon, 65-year-old Pavel Antov, shortly following his birthday, allegedly jumped to his death from the third floor of the hotel in so...
08 Jan, 2023, 11.31 AM IST
Four G7 powers impose gold export ban on RussiaThe joint action taken by Britain, Canada, Japan and the United States, "will directly hit Russian oligarchs and strike at the heart of (Pr...
26 Jun, 2022, 01.24 PM IST
Russia says could seize assets of 'hostile' countries"As far as companies based in Russian territory are concerned whose owners are citizens of hostile countries and where the decision has bee...
01 May, 2022, 03.09 PM IST
Britain and European Union coordinate over more Russian sanctionsThe UK government said that, in coordination with the EU, it is sanctioning "178 Russian separatists" in eastern Ukraine, in addition to si...
13 Apr, 2022, 07.10 PM IST
Swiss urged to crack down on Russian oligarchsCassis noted that Switzerland has joined the European Union's sanctions on Russia and has also has frozen the bank accounts and business of...
21 Mar, 2022, 11.10 PM IST
Meet Russia's oligarchs, a group of men who won't be toppling Putin anytime soonWho are these oligarchs, and what is their relationship with Putin? And more importantly, will eroding their wealth do anything to end the ...
13 Mar, 2022, 12.49 AM IST
How a playground for the rich could undermine sanctions on Russian oligarchsSince the invasion, much of the world has imposed sweeping sanctions on Russian financial institutions and the circle around Putin, and eve...
10 Mar, 2022, 05.27 PM IST
EU to sanction more Russian oligarchs, Belarus banks over Ukraine invasion -sourcesThe draft sanctions were adopted by the EU executive on Tuesday morning and will be discussed by EU ambassadors at a meeting starting at 14...
08 Mar, 2022, 04.59 PM IST
Fleeing sanctions, oligarchs seek safe ports for superyachtsThe evolution of oligarch yachts goes back to the tumultuous decade after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union, as state oil and metals indust...
06 Mar, 2022, 10.47 AM IST
US to impose new sanctions on Russian oligarchs, including travel ban: SourceThe sanctions will match earlier EU measures against Russia's wealthiest figures and expand them to include a travel ban to the United Stat...
03 Mar, 2022, 10.31 PM IST
Britain could change law to make it easier to sanction Russian oligarchsBritain has so far imposed sanctions on nine wealthy Russians since Putin invaded Ukraine and Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been accused...
03 Mar, 2022, 07.11 PM IST
Russian oligarchs' yachts seized in Europe, others harbouring in MaldivesThe yachts arrived in the tropical archipelago off the coast of Sri Lanka after the imposition of severe Western sanctions on Russia in res...
03 Mar, 2022, 07.00 PM IST
UK says Russia needs to withdraw from Ukraine for any talksUK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, under pressure over a series of parties at his Downing Street office and residence when Britain was under ...
27 Feb, 2022, 02.58 PM IST
US sanctions on Russian oligarchs miss richest of richThe raft of sanctions on oligarchs announced by President Joe Biden this week in response to the invasion of Ukraine may do little to dim t...
26 Feb, 2022, 02.05 PM IST
Britain plans to broaden scope of sanctions it could apply to RussiaWith tens of thousands of Russian troops massed near the Ukrainian border, Truss has previously refused to rule out personal sanctions agai...
31 Jan, 2022, 09.06 AM IST
- Bailout could turn tables on Russia's oligarchs
They amassed some of the world's biggest fortunes in the wild privatizations of Russia's post-Soviet chaos and the oil boom that followed. ...
01 Nov, 2008, 09.51 AM IST
- Putin may use credit squeeze as a tool to ‘destroy’ oligarchs
Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000 vowing to destroy Russia’s oligarchs ‘as a class’. Within two years, he’d driven two into exile and im...
18 Oct, 2008, 02.19 AM IST