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MYSTERIOUS: 2 | Mind Blowing Facts

Vladimir Putin: risk-taker who is gambling his country's future

In the early 1990s, when he was deputy mayor of St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin was known to a member of the city’s legislature, Viktor Talanov. A psychologist by profession, Talanov prepared a study of Putin in which he concluded that one of his subject’s fundamental psychological characteristics was a very…

The Conversation

16 critics of Vladimir Putin who died violently or in suspicious ways

A number of high profile critics of Vladimir Putin have died in violent or mysterious circumstances. This includes Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned in London after drinking a laced cup of tea

Daily Mirror

From poor orphan to billionaire oligarch: how Abramovich made his money

Ascent to Chelsea owner was forged in transformation of Russia after fall of the iron curtain

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Kidnapping, theft and corruption: Damning revelations of Roman Abramovich probe in full

The details of Roman Abramovich's purchase of Russian state-owned companies at bargain sums have emerged as part of a BBC Panorama investigation into the Chelsea owner

Daily Mirror

Why has Abramovich’s billionaire friend been left off the UK sanctions list?

Eugene Shvidler has stepped down as a director of Evraz, the steel company accused of possibly supplying steel for tanks

The Guardian - UK

Roman’s empire: how the seeds of Abramovich’s demise were there all along

Almost 20 years after his high profile purchase, the oligarch is looking to sell Chelsea. Here’s the story of how it unravelled

The Guardian - UK

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