The Oligarchs l Al Jazeera Investigations
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2018
- Aljazeera’s Investigative Unit unravels a high-stakes international plot hatched by powerful Eastern European oligarchs to make millions of dollars from a crooked deal. According to one Ukrainian analyst: “It sounds like an agreement between criminal bosses. You can sign it with your blood.”
The scheme involves using a web of offshore companies and international lawyers to raid US$160 million dollars under the noses of the authorities.
The money is effectively being stolen for a second time… the funds were initially frozen by Ukraine’s courts after its former president, Viktor Yanukovych, was discovered to have emptied the country’s treasury.
The Oligarchs include an exiled gas billionaire guarded by Russian special forces, a Moscow property magnate and an Olympic show jumper on the run from Ukrainian authorities.
The investigation shines light on the ever shifting battle between the oligarchs and global financial regulators.
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I don't understand why people hate Al Jazeera. They bring us real, investigative documentaries. Top notch journalism. Thanks AJ
@01.. I think you are correct....That;s also why mplsridah should qualify his or her statement. It's a sweeping statement that's subject to anybody.
I don't have to take a look at who funds them, every news station gets funding from somewhere questionable. But I think AJ is probably the most credible news outlet out there.
Subjective, not subject, but I see what you're saying.
+mplsridah., Thanks I stand corrected, what I mean actually is AJ"s presentations whether they are hated or liked could be subject to anybody's appreciation of them. In my case as well as from many people I know, many of their presentations are disliked especially those that justify terrorism as a valid war being waged by freedom fighters who are being oppressed in a society they are in. We dislike them because they are partisan.
Because AJ=arabic jihad,and they hope Europe become eurabe
This type of pure investigative journalism is very rare now
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Got that right! Al J & DW are trusted news outfits. The rest NO!
This is still not the not the whole truth about who's making money off of this WAR?? All of the elites. Their in the club. And like Carlin said, were not in their club. And never will be. Their club is not small,and their gean pool is weak and getting weaker, inbread swine. Currupt all across the map...
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You know what's insane? The notion oligarchs don't exist outside of Russia. They're in every country, especially the US and Europe
The 1%. In that percentage, there is a small circle that actually controls governments; have been since the 18th century.
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And please define what measure you are using when you describe the 1%.
The 1% on a global measure is much less than that of the 1% in the US (US$ 515,000 in 2021) and much less than the 1% for Connecticut (US$ 896,000 in 2021) based on taxable income.
Whereas in India they only need US$ 81K to form part of the 1%. Which do you mean, because there are a lot of people in the West, you and I quite probably, who are in the global 1%.
You are wrong or more likely inaccurate and confusing a wealth generation cycle that advantages a super elite in the west. Oligarchs, how the terms is used today, means kleptocrat and most commonly Russian kleptocrats because besides China, Russia has the most oligarchs/kleptos. Basically, those whose wealth is stolen directly or nearly so from the government and resources that should belong to the country. Kleptocracy is much more common outside the US and the West in countries with virtually no rule of law. In the US and Europe, we have many who are wealthy from or a combination of rigged stock market, legacy wealth which imparts an unfair advantage in capital and basically a small group of super wealthy who use their financial advantage to keep growing their share of the pie in a way that is unhealthy for society.
What’s most amazing about your statement is that this entire piece isn’t even about a Russian oligarch. So, WTF are you talking about? It also never says let alone implies oligarchs are just in Russia. In fact, they even specifically cite oligarchs outside of Russia.
@@The_ZeroLineWherever you have the chosen ones, you have oligarchs. There are more in the US and Western Europe.
Well done Al Jazeera for an excellent deep dive documentary. The BBC could learn a lot from the overall quality of your news and programmes. It sickens me to hear about such corruption. What sickens me even more is how London is the money laundering capital of the world. As a UK citizen I am deeply embarrassed and ashamed of this.
Dude Al Jazeera is possibly the best news channel in the world , no joke . The docs they have are absolutely amazingly done , amazing shots , editing , narration of picking of subject matter . The people they have on are all of the finest intellectuals you can find and they know how good AJ is so that’s why they do it
This documentary is an excellent example of investigative journalism in its purest form. Well done!
I wrote my comment before I read yours. You proved me correct,
It's as if they were funded by some western government
@@pvb876287 purest eay ! I'm not so sure your correct
I'm watching this to educate myself about corruption, and to try to understand how it relates to what is happening in the Ukraine today, and how the actions of the rest of the world may have played a part.
Fascinating , the filthy rich get away with anything
“Ukraine in Fire” & “Revealing Ukraine” by Oliver Stone would be a good start. This documentaries were done many years before this.
Pay attention to who is involved in anything you read or watch (especially NGOs).
Yes, I'm rewatching this. These oligarchs all had connections to Russia, but also to the financial systems in the West. Also, noted the tRump connection.... Unfortunately, not sure how much follow-up that will get, IMO unpleasant scenarios were mentioned around the NYC prosecutors, hence the cold feet. People don't think that stuff happens in the US. I understand there are even "offshore" type banks in some states. This corruption is going to devour us from the inside out.
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Hunter Biden is connected to Kolomoisky….as well as Zelenski….
Zelensky ran on an anti-corruption in 2019 campaign and was wildly successful, winning 70% of the vote. He's been wildly successful in purging many of the corrupt politicians and judges and corrupt prosecutors from the system. Deleveraging Russia influance from UA is the start of this war. Russia is attacking because they are unable to control and exploit UA in the manor they have been for decades.
Nice documentary. Makes the motives behind the current Ukraine crisis quite clear.
Ukraine was a Soviet grain silo. Which was called "Stalins gold". It's probably the best farming land in the WORLD. It's feeding half of Europe. And those pore people are starving now.
Unfortunately if you are not the "right" side literally. You will be "left" out!
Putin is trying to recoupe the loot
@@nebojsanesic5326 not only Ukraine is starving, the Middle East is also going to starve, considering that they are heavily dependent on Ukrainian grain.
@@souvikrc4499 I do not doubt that. There will be no grain sawing this spring in Ukraine and that can't bode well for anybody. The price of fuel in the Europe is going up every day.
Impressive documentary. Commendable work. Now let's have one on European and American oligarchs
Expose THE WORLD OLIGARCHS. THERE'S NO NATIONALITY ANYMORE. JUST THE UBERRICH AND THE REST OF US
Capitalist you mean?😂
@@OneAdam12Adam when it's about west you generalised. Typical. All corrupt money always ends up in Europe. The centre of all evil
This aged poorly....see what's happening now, is the main difference between The US and Russia.
@@DweeD1516 yes the difference us can keep doing all the bad things others can't
Now do this investigation on western politicians
Exactly, it will be even worse, much worse, with them.
Ha! Al-Jazeera works for western oligarchs. Hence the British accents in this vid. Its called distraction. Look over there so you don't look over here.
*USA has oligarchs, EU is pure. None in Germany or Sweden*
Germany and sweden also dirty, their media contral by liberal，and the queen Elizabeth II is a alien lizard woman
lol. there have been. do research: "fiscal oligarchs [your country's name]"
Aljazeera as always, is at the top of the game! Use to admire BBC but now, I must admit, Aljazeera takes the cake. Love, love, LOVE Aljazeera.
who ever tells the truth are gold.
Journalism founded in truth, without reliance to motives or motivations other than law & order focused on nothing but the truth without reservations = great journalism.
Without motives? Hahahahaha
Well done Al Jazeera, i give you credit for that.
Great investigative journalism - sad for the ordinary people of Ukraine that it will have absolutely no impact on corruption and they feel they are powerless to do nything about it.
Al Jazeera is the most credible news agency. Once again, excellent journalism.
Good work, but...I would really like to see more investigative journalism about those western banks helping them. That should be a much easier task.
ja they will soon follow the dots
and great viewing
@@ardeladimwit and the corruption of Hilary and her cronies: why is nobody on mainstream media talking about the Durham Report?
It's all a matter of time. Authorities are still after Donald Trump. He will get snagged . . . so, will the banks ! 💀 🇺🇸
ahhh ... aahhhhh..... aaaaahhhhh.... aaaahhh Deutsche Bank TCHOOO!!!
Great story. Well done. Thank you
Biden is willing to risk WWIII to save this corrupt failed state?
Let Putin have it!
Thank You Al Jazeera for opening eyes of thousands of people!
Watching this during the Russia invasion war on Ukraine and i’m getting chills.
Right!!! It's driving me nuts.
What do we make off zelenski.....
Can we trust him .....???
What if this renewed war ....
Is dejavoo!!!
Behind every great fortune, there is a great crime. - H. Balzac
3:42 Yanukovych's palace
7:46 quickpace deal
11:07 Alexander Onyschenko
13:00 Pavel Fuchs
21:10 company formation agent
36:16 Serhiy Kurchenko
nothing about Roman Abramovich back then...
Was so happy you were on it and have been waiting for this! THANK YOU! Thank you to all of you who worked on it. You are the definition of investigative journalism. (Even if the results are effing depressing the world over - what and how they are doing must be made known).
Shut up cuzz.
Carpet-bomb tax havens
4 years later and what's been done about it? It's become worst.
Greed and corruption is a sickness. It's hard to imagine normal human beings being so monstrous . if courts are corrupt everywhere, is the International Court also sick and corrupt. Why are these activities not stopped?
Humans are parasites
@@James_the_Builder Only the elites the rest don't have to be and can eliminate ALL elites overnight. The problem is they are dumbed down distracted brainwashed and divided.
@@James_the_Builder Absolutely..... parasites, GARBICHES AND TRASHES!!!!!!!!!
Al Jazeera should come to America and film how Our elected officials live off of the Salary that they accepted for Our Vote and as Our Representatives... and do not neglect to ask them where they keep their Big Donor Money, and Do Ask them what TIME of the 24 Hour day they use for representing their Big Donors, and what all they are TOLD to Do for the Big Donor Money.
Oh, and ask them how they split the hours, the days and THE VOTE in order to keep from being Known to have a CONflict of INTEREST.
@@eltorocal Unfortunately the election's are just a show. The so called 'elected' officials are immune to most laws. They also pass the laws at the behest of lobbyists. They even decide on their own salaries and healthcare packages that don't exist elsewhere in the USA. They don't really work either just pathologically lie as traitors, hypocrites, and criminals against humanity. They have unpaid/paid interns and secretaries etc whom do the bulk of their 'work' as it were for them. The list goes on and on of course speaking the truth. Or going against the narrative is a big no no in the USA most especially. Helps when the corporate oligarchy and system have a monopoly on truth unfortunately we're screwed.
They would not be permitted to report or engage in any form of real journalism. Only a scripted narrative/agenda even IF they could. Anyone who refuses ends up much like Chris Hedges blacklisted from most IF not all MSM.
i like Al Jezeera English, they have some good investigative reports. This sounds like real news. They go deep.
Excellent reporting. Disturbing to say in the least..
ANOTHER gem from AJ! 👏👏👏. Thanks.
Amazingly enough, I've spent the past two weeks reading up and watching documentaries about Russia and Putin and interesting enough I'm understanding more about the dynamics than I did before.
Yes, and it explains why the Russian army is useless! The Military all the way up to the dictator Putin is corrupt.
This oligarchs would make Jeff Bezos look like a peasant.
Fake news, fake net worth, try 700 billion, they all have waay more hiding, than you'd expect, especially the shady ones.
@@monica46549841 do you have any proof
All of silica valley is hiding tax money with off shore accounts
@SahibSingh-ch8lg circumstantial yes but you would never have clear cut evidence
great watch. thx
Awesome investigation, thank you for this programming and information Al Jazeera.
Thanks, now make a special on "Monarchs", and include your masters in that documentary
@Brother so do brits, does that mean crimes committed by their monarchs should be forgiven
@Brother of course not, royals never committed crime, they committed terrorism not to Qataris but to several innocent nations by funding Hama's, Hezbollah, Muslim brotherhood and the list doesn't even fit in this comment
@Brother normal countries don't fund terrorists, if you think that's normal that says something about yourself.
@Brother ok got it thanks for the wisdom, everyone is terrorist understood ✌️.
@Brother and by the way keep watching Al Jazeera and it's hypocritical and double standard journalism it will successfully prevent you from falling into misleading western propaganda
There are Oligarchs in every country, city, town, village. in every religion and in every community.
They have been there for thousands of years.
But they are not called Oligarchs
Because they exist everywhere in different different forms they are not called Oligarchs.
Only the Russian Dominators are called Oligarchs.
They're called Khazars pretending to be Jewish but they worship a demonic entity. The kalergi plan is in effect, they want to make a one world government to rule and make everyone slaves after taking out the white races. They look white but internally don't consider themselves white.
Finally, someone with their eyes opened! These oligarchs come in all sizes and shapes.
There should be parliamentary vote for the maximum amount of money that one can own ,and with a must to pay taxes
Usually is called cronies. But oligarchs are special case, they involve mafia, assassins, they will kill for power, money. The most famous oligarchs are the 7 bankers in russia during Boris era, and now Putin has his own oligarchs (inner circle) to help him stay in power.
Lol there is no such thing in Canada, it seems you think your reality is everyone's reality. Or you confuse dominators (whatever that means), businessman and oligarch. Oligarchs are rich businessmen who are close to the seat of power and are using that power to get richer without competition. So basically businessmen corrupting politicians. Or politicians corrupting businessmen. In Canada, if you do this, you will be accused of fraud, collusion, etc. Of course some people try it anyway, some get arrested, some get away with it but it's relatively rare. My former neighbor told me he imigrated from India because he was tired of corruption among other things. Personally, my family is quite rich so I know quite a few people that you might think are corrupted because they are rich but the truth is that while many people try to avoid to pay taxes (still they end up paying a lot), the rich got rich because they did the things other people were not capable or couragous enough to do : study a lot, work 24/7, saving money instead of speading, invest money, take huge risks, try hard projects, hire people, motivate people, etc. They created value. Yes many people are trying to work the least and earn the most and I guess it's normal somehow. But no oligarchs are not everywhere but maybe corruption is everywhere in your country ?
The time invested to prepare must have been enormous. I don't think anyone will be brought to justice. They only disappear into a new home somewhere quietly and happily.
And they all fear comunists, i can imagine why.
Good job, guys!
Excellent investigation. I am impressed by the seriousness of and depth of researches made.
Al Jazeera,top notch journalism. Bravo! You and DW are priceless.
If governments have the power to tax Trillions from average people and not obligated to report where the money went, how else will this play out?
Thanks! Good job!
Good work. Now do one about US and Wall Street Oligarchs
They won’t do that . These man are powerful that Al Jazeera don’t want to play it .
The US is a big fish
They won't dare
That's too dangerous
The US has a high per capita income and most of it's citizens there live better than all but few countries....yes there is corruption but not to the extent of causing poverty
@@aroundtheworld2316 US also happens to have a huge inequality that is getting bigger each year. Plus their oligarchs control the world, not just a couple of countries, so their methods cause poverty in other countries first.
top notch quality 👍. appreciate you Aljazeera
Thanks for this investigation!!!
Excellent work from Al-Jazeera. The production quality and research is outstanding.
Bravo Al Jezerra! Thanks to your tenacious expert investigative reporting revealing the truth and gross criminal corruption. Few media organizations are left to do this hard hitting reporting and investigative work which must be exhausting and extremely time consuming. What excellant reporting and hard work went into revealing the nuances of this story. Thank you for your magnificent work and dedication to really deliver the news to the public. Al Jezeera is second to none. First rate reporters, first rate reporting*****
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Such an amazing piece of journalism.
Excellent documentary, excellently researched and presented.
I appreciate AJ investigations on Namibia....this one too
Amazing investigation! We need an update, a follow-up, especially in light of what is happening now with Russia and Ukraine.
Also, I would love to see a follow-up on how to get recovered assets back to their countries, their people, who were the victims.
HELLO FRIENDS...IMAGINE WHAT THE WORLD WOULD LOOK LIKE IF WE HAD MORE AL JAZEERA INVESTIGATIONS...SOME OF THE BEST REPORTING ON THE PLANET
Money is the religion of the greedy people who have no morals or conscious of right and wrong.
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god is one and jesus is his messenger ..
Money is amoral. Its the people behind it that decide
To understand how to deal with the cause of the issue and find solutions to it you might want to do some reading on tromsite dot com. I found 'The Choice Is Ours' quite enlightening too.
You will free more free and in tune with the world when you are less rich trust me
In short.. the religion of Judaism.
Excellent documentary
This is some class A investigative journalism right here.
Let's hope they can now make one on our oligarchs here in the US!
@@MegaGman61 Remember the Panama papers? Don't think much was done about that.
Al Jazeera unparalleled journalism ❤
Thank you for some truly awesome investigative work. I am at a point where I feel anxiety and depression every day. How can we even begin to combat this level of corruption? Will Kurachenko be the one to tip us into WW III?
Excellent journalism. If anyone is curious about what makes journalism like this so different from, for example, something you might see on CNN, look into the "Lippman Dewey debate". They basically argued about what journalism ought to do and how.
CNN like all American media is run by the Kosher Nostra
wow... what an eye opening. Amazing.
Excellent! Do another one.
Very good documentary! thank you very much!
Excellent reporting, Al Jazeera.
First-class documentary! Thank you so much!
They are good at pointing fingers at others
Great piece of work....thank you.
Actually you need six feet of clean space, fresh air, a little food, a satisfied heart and a peaceful mind to live happily....... I do not know whether these millions could buy all the above said....
This is happening all over the world. If there is a hgher supreme being. The rich will pay for their treatment of honest poor people.
Excellent, most appreciative!
Thanks for this in 2022. Slava Ukraini!
Very well done, guys.
WOW ..incredible journalism .. so informative..if only their brilliant, evil minds of corruption could be turned into something that could benefit all of humanity rather than just themselves and their families .. but sadly that's just not who they are .. selfish, ruthless cowards
The police: its really hard investigating this. Thousands of pages
Investigative journalist: hold my beer.
Excellent Work! THANKS!
Watching this 2 weeks after the Russian Invasion of Ukraine , I live in the UK nr Chester and I’m disgusted that my capital has been home to the Oligarchs but I’m glad there all under sanctions and investigations now. I hope with all my heart that Ukraine can win this war .
Uk enjoys the looted money of poor countries
What is the difference between an Oligarch and a believer? Both get to enjoy their good life by having the right connections!
So much for all out big talk on morals and ethics
@@paceventura Most people on this earth see God as their ticket to an everlasting good life in Heaven, no different from these Oligarchs or Prostitutes or leeches, who seek the rich powerful guy - sing his praises, claim to "love" him (these words are familiar to theists, aren't they?) - and hope to live a rich, comfortable life
"Get down on our knees, swear belief and loyalty to only this God and no other, beg for his mercy and be amply rewarded!"
Such a mentality has led to so much division and hate based on religion, so many innocents killed!
In the 21st century! I keep asking where are the moral, the educated? the media?
Your country is built on this sort of business practice 🤣🤣🤣 get over it
Ignore the cynics commenting here. This kind of exposure is HEALTHY no matter what corruption is exposed no matter where. Good job!!!
Whenever these guys break finance laws it’s the minimum wage accountants that go to prison if they don’t catch the fraud. And it’s a flood of fraud daily with oligarchs screaming over the phone at them. Accountancy firms can’t even refuse the worst ones their services because oligarchs have a “right” to an accounting firm by law.
excellent and important investigative journalism. Thank you for your bravery and honesty in these matters. I would love to see these crooks brought to justice but i'm not holding my breath until that happens. This is all a profound tragedy for the working peoples of these countries, many of whom suffer so much hardship and injustice because of this kind of rampant corruption. These billionaires have no conscience, many if not all are likely sociopaths.
lol How is this Oligarch any different from religious people who think they will get to enjoy Heaven thanks to their connections? Neither EARN their good life - both beg & grovel to the highest and are handsomely rewarded, while the reward for these oligarchs is real, all these believers get is a cheap promise, the stupid fools!
And yes both have killed, raped & tortured innocents those that did not want to join them & support their "dear, loving leader"
So much for all our big talk on morals and values
The bigger they r the harder the fall. Mark 13 : 1 - 11/.😇🌏🎇🏧🤔
Luke 16 : 19 - 31. What a bunsh ofp
Losers. 🤔 🏧🎉🎇 😇🌏
You misspelled socialists.
As the oldest adage in mankind goes..."money is the root of all evil". The saddest part is it's growing uncontrollably in this day and age, and the situation will never be resolved...definitely not in my lifetime.
YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. KEEP ON THE GOOD WORK. THIS IS BETTER THAN MY SOAP OPERA.
unrelated, but this kind of ownership structure that was used for fincorp and those other ones below it, is also prevalent in the US, using llc, and states like wyoming and delaware have this same type of non-disclosure type of laws where the owner doesnt need to be on the articles of incorporation. take from that what you will.
edit: also wanted to add that Deutsche Bank has been fined hundred of millions of dollars, for failure to file SAR's properly. JPMorgan Chase got fined $2 billion dollars in 2014 for the same thing. I used to be a bank teller, it really is the easiest thing to file, it takes like 5-10 minutes. And not doing so should result in some kind of internal audit at the least. Im sure these types of transactions should have been reviewed by the back office of the banks that were named. Though they might see these sized transactions hundred of times every day, they should still be looked at.
As a normal labour man in Belgium there are some rules if you handel with YOUR money. NO CASH above €3000. It means if you will buy a bike, a car or some furniture for your appartment it al must go via a bank and a bank account so they can trace your money ... in some parts of the world there are other rules ...
Very nice and informative report. i think Aljazeera should do the same investigation of the crooked government officials in Lebanon. that would be interesting!
Humanity is choking under capitalism,we gradually have find an alternative system.
bobbin bodo blockchain
I'm rooting for Africanism on the African continent
Muscleless money .
Stop being stupid and making decisions for others. You think communists or socialists wint steal? Go away and grow up for several more years
That guy yelling at the prosecutor was in a Vice news episode yelling at a police chief in Donestk who capitulated to the rebels. Dude is legit.
Dankie
Very interesting and well presented.
Lets do some investigations on American officials, shall we?
The world economy hasn’t ever operated without crime...
Amazing. Al Jazerra is what Vice could have been.
EXCELLENT WORK AL JAZEERA!
Barclays are deeply involved. This docu lets them off far too lightly.
They are not 'unwitting'.
Money has no motherland.
So eerie to watch this from 2022
Good piece, mate
i like Al Jazeera.
Today's aljazeera is diferrent
Al Jazeera is an umbrella for the elites biased and double standard scumbang news network
Where did Vijay Malya comes in this. Its a surprising fact for me as an Indian that he has that range of frauding... None of our media cover this part. Well done.
They can rope in any name at.their will, that's the power the need media is honored with for their dishonorable service.
Outstanding Journalism---Dangerous and excellent
Wow! now I'm starting to understand !!
Would have been interesting to see a similar investigation into Zelenskyjs economy.....
"The ruling class": there is a concept that needs to be "re-adjusted" if you ask me.
It was , when the US became the USA. Don't know what happened after that.
Nice work investigate kenya
Everyone should watch this.
can you do this with Zelensky and Kolomoisky? Thank you!
Well done, Al Jazeera.
Make another one. Next documentary up would naturally be one about how a state ruled by oligarchs, a government who does not tolerate free press but closes tv-stations and newspapers critical to authorities, can get support from USA and the European Union - with massive monetary funding - year after year?
Exactly. The oligarchs show us that there aren't any Russian and there skinny ain't no Yanks... Just corporate criminals playing with tanks.
Wow. Thank you Al jazeera
Never have so many done so little with so much and gotten away with so few consequences.