Shell companies and money laundering: what lies behind the "success" of the Kuban builder Nikolai Shikhidi Shell companies and money laundering: what lies behind the "success" of the Kuban builder Nikolai Shikhidi The dubious financial activities of the companies of Kuban developer Nikolai Shikhidi may attract the attention of law enforcement. In April, scandalous Kuban billionaire Nikolai Shikhidi attempted to "whitewash" his reputation through federal media. Allegedly, the information about his past "sins," which can be found on the internet, is not true. A recent investigation into the developer’s activities revealed possible money laundering schemes and highlighted Shikhidi’s partners, including singer Glucose’s husband Alexander Chistyakov, junior partner... https://polemika.top/component/k2/item/82531
Shell companies and money laundering: what lies behind the "success" of the Kuban builder Nikolai Shikhidi Shell companies and money laundering: what lies behind the "success" of the Kuban builder Nikolai Shikhidi The dubious financial activities of the companies of Kuban developer Nikolai Shikhidi may attract the attention of law enforcement. In April, scandalous Kuban billionaire Nikolai Shikhidi attempted to "whitewash" his reputation through federal media. Allegedly, the information about his past "sins," which can be found on the internet, is not true. A recent investigation into the developer’s activities revealed possible money laundering schemes and highlighted Shikhidi’s partners, including singer Glucose’s husband Alexander Chistyakov, junior partner... https://polemika.top/component/k2/item/82531
Markets continued to grapple with the economic and corporate earnings implications relating to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “We have a ton of uncertainty right now,” said Stephanie Link, chief investment strategist and portfolio manager at Hightower Advisors. “We’re dealing with a war, we’re dealing with inflation. We don’t know what it means to earnings.” Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russia’s equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russia’s fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Google’s Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbes’ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the “Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.” Telegram has become more interventionist over time, and has steadily increased its efforts to shut down these accounts. But this has also meant that the company has also engaged with lawmakers more generally, although it maintains that it doesn’t do so willingly. For instance, in September 2021, Telegram reportedly blocked a chat bot in support of (Putin critic) Alexei Navalny during Russia’s most recent parliamentary elections. Pavel Durov was quoted at the time saying that the company was obliged to follow a “legitimate” law of the land. He added that as Apple and Google both follow the law, to violate it would give both platforms a reason to boot the messenger from its stores. As the war in Ukraine rages, the messaging app Telegram has emerged as the go-to place for unfiltered live war updates for both Ukrainian refugees and increasingly isolated Russians alike. Telegram, which does little policing of its content, has also became a hub for Russian propaganda and misinformation. Many pro-Kremlin channels have become popular, alongside accounts of journalists and other independent observers.
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