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The long tale of the yacht linked to a Russian oligarch and abandoned in the Caribbean for more than 2 years finally draws to a close
A European buyer bought the 267-foot yacht, ending two-year saga involving ex-Google CEO Eric Schmi…
Lian Kit Wee
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Doug Emhoff blasts JD Vance's 'stupid, uninformed' comments about Kamala Harris being a 'childless' cat lady: 'It hurt my feelings'
Since they married in 2014, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff have co-p…
Brent D. Griffiths
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JD Vance defends his infamous 'childless cat ladies' comment: 'I have nothing against cats'
JD Vance defends his "childless cat ladies" comment, criticizing the Democratic party as anti-famil…
Grace Eliza Goodwin
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Russia's war economy is so hot that at least 12 of its oligarchs received $11 billion in dividends over 15 months
The biggest winners from the dividend payouts were commodities exporters, Bloomberg reported.
Huileng Tan
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Trump has preached 'unity' since his assassination attempt, but he could become even more radical in the aftermath
Former President Donald Trump spoke of "unity" in his RNC speech, but some experts believe he'll be…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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Superyacht sales surge thanks to wealthy Americans amid Russian oligarchs' retreat
A total of 203 superyachts were sold globally in 2023 — a 17% drop from last year, according to the…
Geoff Weiss
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Ukraine needs $1 trillion to rebuild. The country's oligarchs plan to loot it.
Insiders fear that under Andriy Yermak, Zelensky's right-hand man, Ukraine's influx of foreign aid …
Paul Starobin
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Judges just unsanctioned 2 Russian oligarchs worth almost $20 billion
A top European court found there was insufficient evidence that Mikhail Fridman and Petr Aven had b…
George Glover
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A pro-Kremlin oligarch's impounded yacht is being auctioned off — with the money going to Ukraine
The Royal Romance, owned by Viktor Medvedchuk, would be the first seized asset sold to help fund Uk…
Thibault Spirlet
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Eric Schmidt was supposed to buy a yacht once owned by a Russian oligarch. Here's the one he bought instead.
Eric Schmidt backed out of buying the Alfa Nero megayacht last year and instead purchased the Shahi…
Madeline Berg
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Insiders still have no idea what's going to happen to Russian oligarchs' seized superyachts
Russian oligarchs' superyachts seized as part of sanctions resulting from Russia's Ukraine invasion…
Madeline Berg
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A teen posing as an oligarch's son mysteriously jumped to his death after befriending a gangster and a crypto millionaire
New evidence is emerging in the death of Zac Brettler, a 19-year-old who jumped from a fifth-floor …
Mikhaila Friel
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A Russian oligarch's megayacht seized by the US is costing taxpayers a fortune, and the government is desperate to sell
US officials say the $300-million Amadea is owned by Suleiman Kerimov, a sanctioned Russian billion…
Pete Syme
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Disgraced former FBI agent Charles McGonigal pleads guilty to working with a sanctioned Russian oligarch
Charles McGonigal was charged with taking money from a Russian oligarch in defiance of US economic …
Mattathias Schwartz,Rebecca Cohen
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Putin's mouthpiece lashed out after the US announced plan to send $5.4 million in seized Russian oligarch funds to Ukrainian veterans
The $5.4 million figure is the exact amount that a US judge ordered seized from Russian oligarch Ko…
Erin Snodgrass
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Rupert Murdoch's new Russian fiancée ties him to a sprawling web of money with some surprising connections
Murdoch is engaged to Elena Zhukova. Zhukova's daughter was previously married to the Russian oliga…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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The US wants to auction off an oligarch's seized $300 million yacht that's been racking up $600,000 a month in maintenance
Another Russian oligarch — who hasn't been sanctioned — claims to own the yacht and wants the ship …
Huileng Tan
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A Yale professor is slamming Bill Ackman's campaign against Harvard, calling the billionaire investor an 'odious' oligarch
"Time to stand up to people like him. He's odious," said Yale public health professor Gregg Gonsalv…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Putin has a secret palatial home near Finland with yachts, 2 helipads, and a private waterfall: report
The property is located in Marialakhti Bay in Karelia, a region in northwestern Russia bordering Fi…
Tom Porter
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Steve Bannon's attack on 'oligarch' Rupert Murdoch shows just how far the rift between Fox News and Trump allies has grown
Trump allies are stirring opposition to the conservative network after reports that its executives …