One of Vladimir Putin’s most active supporters and trusted confidants has been concealing the fact that he owns an apartment in New York and vast properties across Italy. For many years, the world-famous conductor Valery Gergiev used his authority to cover for Putin’s crimes. And now he has also become a symbol of the bloody and senseless war against Ukraine. @maria_pevchikh and @alburov tell the story of yet another — but perhaps the most famous and talented — Putin official, who is looting his own charitable foundation.

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