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Leaked documents link newly sanctioned Russian oligarch to PE selling East Coast

Russian billionaire just sanctioned by Canada and Australia is linked to tens of millions of dollars in transactions between 2015 and 2017 with PE currently trying to sell US shellfish processor 

By Tom Seaman | April 21, 2022 16:16 BST
Russian billionaire Igor Makarov, who has just been sanctioned by Australia and Canada, pictured on Jan. 19, 2017, at the opening of the Mount Sinai Autism Clinic in Miami, Florida. Makarov is the donor who funded the clinic. Credit: Imago
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Additional reporting from Kevin G. Hall and Stelios Orphanides, of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project  [...]

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