US Indictment Details Russian Oligarch’s Sanctions-Busting Scheme
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FILE - VTB Bank Chairman Andrei Kostin attends a video call of the VTB Capital "Russia Calling!" Investment Forum in Moscow, Russia, Nov. 30, 2021. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) A screenshot of Vadim Wolfson's Facebook page. (Facebook) Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, speaks to VTB Bank Chairman Andrei Kostin during their meeting in Moscow, Nov. 27, 2023. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP) The Zillow page advertising Andrei Kostin's former mansion in Aspen, Colorado. (Zillow). The 1,027-square-meter (11,054-square-foot) home includes seven bedrooms and 10 bathrooms and features a swimming pool, sauna, whirlpool spa, home cinema and billiard room. (Zillow) Screenshot of a print of "Combing the Ridges" by American artist William Robinson Leigh, listed on the site Worthpoint.com. (Worthpoint.com) A screenshot from a video investigation by Alexey Navalny depicting the Sea & Us yacht in the port of Barcelona. (NavalnyRu Youtube page)
On Facebook, Vadim Wolfson makes his political position clear. His profile picture shows him in a baseball cap emblazoned with the words “Puck Futin,” while his banner image features a Russian anti-war flag.
Palestinians check the rubble of a building in the aftermath of an Israeli strike south of Gaza City on Nov. 22, 2024.
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during an opening ceremony of a defense exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korea, Nov. 21, 2024.
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International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi arrives on the opening day of the agency's quarterly Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Nov. 20, 2024.
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Serbian police scuffle with opposition protesters demanding arrests in connection with a deadly roof collapse at a railway station in Novi Sad, Serbia, Nov. 21, 2024.
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People wait to vote in legislative elections in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 17, 2024. The ruling party, PASTEF, won a solid victory, taking 130 of 165 seats, according to provisional results announced Nov. 21.
FILE - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant attend a ceremony for the 70th cohort of military combat officers, at an army base near Mitzpe Ramon, Oct. 31, 2024.
Defense ministers Lloyd Austin of the U.S., Pat Conroy of Australia, Gen Nakatani of Japan, Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. of the Philippines and Kim Yong Hyun of South Korea pose during an ASEAN meeting in Vientiane, Laos, Nov. 21, 2024. (South Korean Defense Ministry via AP)