Thursday, August 7, 2025
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Le ministère de l’Économie et des Finances a été perquisitionné dans une enquête pour blanchiment immobilier visant un milliardaire russe Souleïman #Kerimov https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleyman_Kerimov L'information a été communiquée par le parquet de Paris, qui évoque un enjeu estimé à 38 millions d'euros. https://www.francetvinfo.fr/societe/justice/le-ministere-de-l-economie-et-des-finances-a-ete-perquisitionne-dans-une-enquete-pour-blanchiment-immobilier-visant-un-milliardaire-russe_7155489.html
New DOGE Staffer Has Ties to a Sanctioned Russian Oligarch
Sam Corcos, a new member of Elon Musk’s DOGE team, reportedly showed up at the IRS demanding detailed info about American taxpayers to hunt for fraud
From 2016-2019 his wife Varvara Russkova Corcos worked at GVA Capital a firm that was reportedly a vehicle for Russian oligarch Suleyman Kerimov
A Russian senator Suleyman #Kerimov ,who is one of the country’s richest men held a stake in Elon Musk-led #SpaceX via a trust even after he was sanctioned by the first Trump administration.
"The popcorn alerts are still rising!" 😋
👅📰 "Stated," "warned"," "spoke out." #Russian media are showing miracles of ingenuity to avoid the words "murder" and "blood feud" in articles about #Kadyrov's scandalous threats
After #Kadyrov's unprecedented statement yesterday about declaring a blood feud against Senator #Kerimov and #United_Russia deputies of the #State_Duma, only a few #Russian media outlets dared to cover the conflict.
"Well, I'm fully in favour of this #russian blood feud*. The bigger the better!" 🤣 🤣 🤣
*""Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake." #Napoleon_Bonaparte
#Russian MP #Milonov has said that #Chechnya's head #Kadyrov has no right to announce the "blood feud" to his colleagues (we are talking about #Kerimov, as well as deputy #Barakhoev and #Kurbanov).
#Putin promised #Wildberries to #Kerimov, and now he can do that.
#Putin needs to simultaneously protect #Kerimov and "satisfy" #Kadyrov.
#Putin's reputation as a "tsar" will depend on what he does now.
Many people say that after #Patrushev was demoted, the institution of a "coordinator" of the security forces disappeared in #Russia, and now they all report directly to #Putin. This means that they coordinate on an ad hoc basis.
#Chechen strongman Ramzan #Kadyrov accused three Russian lawmakers of plotting to kill him in a video posted on his Telegram account on Oct. 9 and warned he would call for a "blood feud" if they did not prove their innocence.
Kadyrov named three lawmakers, Bekhan #Barakhoyev, Suleiman #Kerimov, and Rizvan #Kurbanov, from neighboring #Dagestan and #Ingushetia, as potentially being behind the plot.
"There are witnesses, there are people from whom they tried to commission, whom they asked how much they would take for the order," Ramzan Kadyrov said in Chechen to other officials from the North Caucasian republic.
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