Transparency is needed if sanctions imposed after invasion of Ukraine are to be properly enforced
Today, the Guardian and its reporting partners are launching the Russian asset tracker, the most comprehensive audit yet published of wealth held outside Russia linked to some of the country’s all-powerful oligarchs and officials.
We have examined the ownership of 145 assets, worth more than $17bn, comprising real estate, yachts, private jets and shares in businesses. The information, which dates from 2020 to the present and serves as a snapshot in time, was assembled in collaboration with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Süddeutsche Zeitung and 25 other news outlets.
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