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Kirill Shamalov, Russian President Vladimir Putin's son-in-law, is included in new U.S. sanctions. He's seen here in 2016.

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U.S. Hits Russian Oligarchs And Officials With Sanctions Over Election Interference

1:02pm April 06, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The Trump administration is laying sanctions on 38 Russian oligarchs, government officials and business entities, citing "the Kremlin's malign agenda."

Bill Browder crosses Red Square in 2004, at the height of Hermitage Capital Management's success.

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In 'Red Notice,' Success Draws Treachery, Tragedy In Putin's Russia

3:01pm May 01, 2015

by NPR Staff

Robert Siegel talks to Bill Browder, an American financier who was expelled from post-Soviet Russia and saw an attempt to claim his company devolve into a deadly bureaucratic and legal farce.

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The view west from London's newest skyscraper looks over the River Thames and St. Paul's Cathedral. Russians have flocked to the English property and banking sectors as the economy crumbles back home.

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Why Russia's Economic Slump Has Been Good For London

3:29am March 20, 2015

by Ari Shapiro

Britain's financial community was worried last year when the West began imposing sanctions on Russia. It turns out that only encouraged wealthy Russians to pump more money into Britain.

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