Topic: oligarchs

PARIS (AFP) — France has impounded a luxurious villa suspected of belonging to Russian energy giant Gazprom as part of a money-laundering investigation, Paris prosecutors said on February 19. Estimated[...]

By Naira Bughadarian YEREVAN (Azatutyun) — The Armenian authorities have moved to confiscate hundreds of millions of dollars in assets belonging to Gagik Tsarukyan, one of Armenia’s richest men leading[...]

By Mark Landler and Stephen Castle LONDON (New York Times) — On Friday, March 11, the day after Britain blacklisted seven prominent Russian oligarchs, residents of the wealthy London borough of Kensington and[...]

YEREVAN (RFE/RL) — A close associate of Nikol Pashinyan has insisted that wealthy businesspeople linked to the outgoing Armenian government will not risk losing their assets after the opposition leader’s[...]