Tag: Oligarchs

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Zelensky’s Purge: Ukraine’s latest internal battles show how hopes for the 2014 Maidan are fading amid fears of totalitarianism

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Since Ukraine’s independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, almost every president has, sooner or later, begun to take on authoritarian tendencies. Unfortunately, the country’s current leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, is no exception. … Read More >Zelensky’s Purge: Ukraine’s latest internal battles show how hopes for the 2014 Maidan are fading amid fears of totalitarianism

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Pandora Papers: The trillion-dollar offshore shadow economy exposed

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On this episode of Going Underground, we first speak to Fergus Shiel of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) on the release of the Pandora Papers, which implicate 366 high-level public officials and politicians and over 1,000 companies in major tax evasion and the hiding of wealth. … Read More >Pandora Papers: The trillion-dollar offshore shadow economy exposed

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Two media organizations owned by disgraced oligarch Khodorkovsky to cease operations – websites banned by Russian media watchdog

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Two media organizations owned by disgraced 1990’s oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky are to cease operations entirely after Russian media watchdog Roskomnadzor ordered their websites to be banned and blocked throughout the country. … Read More >Two media organizations owned by disgraced oligarch Khodorkovsky to cease operations – websites banned by Russian media watchdog

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UnKoch my campus, the future of private security, Alabama coal-miner strike

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Lee Camp interviews the executive director of UnKoch My Campus Jasmine Banks. Banks takes us through the Koch agenda on college campuses across the country. The notorious oligarchs have used their billions of dollars to fund campus activists and academic departments with a view toward pushing free-market principles and undermining social welfare policies. … Read More >UnKoch my campus, the future of private security, Alabama coal-miner strike

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Police disrupt Moscow summit of banned pro-Western group linked to UK-based former-oligarch Khodorkovsky, making dozens of arrests

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Police detained a number of Russian liberal opposition activists, as well as several local deputies, in Moscow on Saturday at a summit staged by an ‘undesirable’ organization linked to exiled former oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky. … Read More >Police disrupt Moscow summit of banned pro-Western group linked to UK-based former-oligarch Khodorkovsky, making dozens of arrests

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US announces sanctions on top Ukrainian oligarch & Zelensky ally Kolomoisky for ‘undermining democratic processes’ in country

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Washington has introduced a package of measures against a billionaire Ukrainian businessman and long-time supporter of the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. The US claims he has used his political links for personal gain. … Read More >US announces sanctions on top Ukrainian oligarch & Zelensky ally Kolomoisky for ‘undermining democratic processes’ in country

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Russia ready to ‘fight off’ Western attempts to seize its assets in $50bn battle with oligarchs over collapsed Yukos oil empire

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Any hope of a quiet 2021 for Russia has been dashed as one of the country’s top officials warns it faces a series of court battles that risk confrontation with the West, including a fight over the world’s largest legal bill. … Read More >Russia ready to ‘fight off’ Western attempts to seize its assets in $50bn battle with oligarchs over collapsed Yukos oil empire

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The dystopia big tech wants, factory-farming PR unravels, Joe Biden’s loyalty to fossil fuels

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Lee Camp interviews technology expert Patricia Gorky on a range of topics related to how governments and corporations are abusing their access to advanced technologies. Topics include the persecution of Julian Assange and the US’ efforts to discredit his character to distract people from the truth that he has revealed, the Blue Leaks exposing US law enforcement for using their powers to attack activists … Read More >The dystopia big tech wants, factory-farming PR unravels, Joe Biden’s loyalty to fossil fuels