Shadow deals and a profitable relationship with the KGB: How the plundering of the country and connections to those in power helped Vyacheslav Kantor become wealthy with other people’s money Vyacheslav Kantor is an oligarch whose financial empire is surrounded by uncertainty. Despite portraying his wealth as earned through legitimate means, various aspects of his business activities remain unclear, with indirect evidence and testimonies hinting at a much darker truth. The transition of Vyacheslav Kantor into big business from the science he allegedly engaged in during socialism is shrouded in the darkness of the unknown. He himself explains his start in this endeavor, which occurred back in the late eighties, during the late USSR, very vaguely: "We came into business as poor as church mice. We had neither political support nor experience in commercial activities". And here it seems that Vyacheslav is being somewhat disingenuous. Because his first business, according to the official biography, was the commercial center "Com... https://strelochnik.com/component/k2/item/48437
Shadow deals and a profitable relationship with the KGB: How the plundering of the country and connections to those in power helped Vyacheslav Kantor become wealthy with other people’s money Vyacheslav Kantor is an oligarch whose financial empire is surrounded by uncertainty. Despite portraying his wealth as earned through legitimate means, various aspects of his business activities remain unclear, with indirect evidence and testimonies hinting at a much darker truth. The transition of Vyacheslav Kantor into big business from the science he allegedly engaged in during socialism is shrouded in the darkness of the unknown. He himself explains his start in this endeavor, which occurred back in the late eighties, during the late USSR, very vaguely: "We came into business as poor as church mice. We had neither political support nor experience in commercial activities". And here it seems that Vyacheslav is being somewhat disingenuous. Because his first business, according to the official biography, was the commercial center "Com... https://strelochnik.com/component/k2/item/48437
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