Russian cigarette king piloted millions through the Netherlands just before sanctions

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Russian cigarette king piloted millions through the Netherlands just before sanctions

Russian billionaire Igor Kesaev, who has ties to the Kremlin and the Russian arms industry, piloted millions more through the Netherlands more than a month after Russia's invasion of Ukraine (February 24, 2022). On 8 April, the EU imposed sanctions on him. This is evident from the temporary annual report of his Dutch mailbox company that was recently submitted to the Chamber of Commerce. In that Hague BV, he keeps his shares in Megapolis, the la…