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originally posted by: stumason
a reply to: Reinmax
Recently, the Swiss have signed agreements with other countries to be more open, to help against laundering and generally not be so bloody-minded when it comes to hiding ill-gotten gains.
Also, the US can pull the strings with regards to the systems used to move capital. They don't need to actually have access to the money itself, just stop it moving.
originally posted by: Volund
a reply to: freakjive
I want to point out that reports, fake ones at that, speculate he has somewhere between 40 and 70 billion dollars.
You believe this?
I provided the links to his official income... and even if he is lying about it you need to think about how much money they are claiming he has.
40 Billion would make him the richest man in Europe... top 5 in the world... and he isn't even a business man... that alone should be a red flag.
70 Billion would make him the richest man EVER. Come on.
Here is a list worlds richest 10 people.
Funny, he isn't on the list. You would think someone would know! We are talking about a literal snowballing amount of money that is so vast that it could never be spent, even beyond the interest it produces.
Come on people.
originally posted by: dragonridr
originally posted by: Volund
a reply to: freakjive
I want to point out that reports, fake ones at that, speculate he has somewhere between 40 and 70 billion dollars.
You believe this?
I provided the links to his official income... and even if he is lying about it you need to think about how much money they are claiming he has.
40 Billion would make him the richest man in Europe... top 5 in the world... and he isn't even a business man... that alone should be a red flag.
70 Billion would make him the richest man EVER. Come on.
Here is a list worlds richest 10 people.
Funny, he isn't on the list. You would think someone would know! We are talking about a literal snowballing amount of money that is so vast that it could never be spent, even beyond the interest it produces.
Come on people.
What it is its stocks in companies its claimed Putin has leveraged his power to acquire a 4.5% ownership stake in natural gas producer Gazprom, a 37% stake in oil company Surgutneftegas and 50% stake in Swiss oil-trader Gunvor. Gazprom alone does over $150 billion in revenue annually, Guvnor does $80 billion and Surgutneftegas over $20 billion. Using their most recent market capitalizations, Putin's combined ownership stakes would give him a personal net worth of $70 billion!This means there going to go after the companies accounts.