Kremlin Officials Fear New Mobilization, Seek Ways to Move Relatives and Assets
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In recent months, high-ranking Russian officials, in the midst of rumours of new mobilization, have been trying to open accounts in foreign banks and transfer their assets abroad.
The Russian elite is fleeing: Money and assets are being transferred abroad - The fear of a new mobilization is growing, while the Russian elite is transferring money and assets abroad
With reference to the documents, the publication states that fears of possible large-scale post-election mobilization are growing not only among ordinary Russians, but also among officials in the Kremlin.
As rumors of a new mobilization spread, high-ranking Russian officials have been trying to open accounts in foreign banks and transfer their funds abroad in recent months, citing documents in their possession, Bloomberg reported on Friday.
Officials in the Kremlin and members of the military are opening foreign accounts to which they are taking their assets, as well as advising their loved ones to leave Russia in anticipation of a new mobilization. This is from documents that Bloomberg has read. Earlier this year Vladimir Putin ordered a 15 per cent reduction of officials in the regions in order to reduce the pressure on the deficit budget. Regional authorities now fear that laid-…
Russians are afraid that dictator Vladimir Putin may announce a new large-scale mobilization for war in Ukraine after the parliamentary elections to be held this weekend.
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