The western elite is preventing us from going after the assets of Russia’s hyper-rich Thomas Piketty The Guardian March 16, 2022
Why has no progress been made on an international financial registry? One simple reason: wealthy westerners don’t want one.

The search for oligarchs’ wealth in U.S. is hindered by investment loopholes Todd C. Frankel Washington Post March 16, 2022
Finding yachts and mansions is easier than uncovering money in private equity funds that don’t need to adopt anti-corruption rules, experts say.

How Putin’s oligarchs bought London Patrick Radden Keefe New Yorker March 17, 2022
From banking to boarding schools, the British establishment has long been at their service, discretion guaranteed.

How Western firms quietly enabled Russian oligarchs Matthew Goldstein, Kenneth P. Vogel, Jesse Drucker, Maureen Farrell and Mike McIntire New York Times March 9, 2022
Investment, law and lobbying firms have helped enmesh Kremlin-linked oligarchs into the Western financial and legal systems.