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Comment: US prosecutions of Russian oligarchs focus on assets, associates

Consider the voyage of a US probe into a yacht named Tango and its owner, a Russian billionaire.

The 255-foot vessel, worth an estimated $90 million, was designed and built for Viktor Vekselberg, who has been sanctioned by the US since 2018. The Tango was seized last spring off the coas

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Samuel Rubenfeld

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Samuel Rubenfeld is a reporter covering cases of bribery and corruption and some international trade issues. Prior to joining MLex, he was editor of the Kharon Brief, a news and data analysis platform focused on global security issues, including sanctions and export controls. Earlier in his career, Rubenfeld spent about a decade at The Wall Street Journal, including nearly nine years as a reporter covering corporate risk and compliance concerns such as bribery, money laundering, sanctions, terrorist financing and whistleblowers.

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