For years, Roman Abramovich has downplayed his ties to Putin.

Financial records, however, prove that he was loaning huge sums of money to one of Putin's closest allies, Vasily Anisimov.

In 2018, Abramovich's Sonora Capital lent Anisimov $45,000,000 for an oil field project.

The loan was not previously publicly known.

#AbramovichPapers

First, how do we know that Abramovich is behind Sonora Capital?

Banks require declarations of Ultimate Beneficial Owners. This document, with Credit Suisse, proves that Abramovich controls Sonora Capital.

@scottmstedman it’s always Cartel Suisse
@drwhax @scottmstedman We know more about Credit Suisse because they had the bad luck to suffer a leak. The idea that they are unique is just silly. There are a lot of money managers who do the same stuff.