MOSCOW: A virtuoso concert cellist who calls President Vladimir Putin a “brother”, Sergei Roldugin has flown under the radar while other close friends of the Russian leader openly amassed vast fortunes.
But now the “Panama Papers” leaks have put the godfather to Putin’s eldest daughter at the head of an offshore empire worth more than US$2 billion (RM7.8 billion) and sparked fresh speculation on the Russian leader’s personal wealth.
Documents from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, analysed by Russian journalists, offer a glimpse into a web of obscure deals between Russian state companies and offshore firms owned by Roldugin that made “tens …read more
Source: theSun
