Ozero is a dacha cooperative in northwest Russia associated with Vladimir Putin's inner circle.
The Rossiya Bank is a Russian joint stock bank founded on June 27, 1990. The company's headquarters are in Saint Petersburg.
Yury Valentinovich Kovalchuk is a Russian billionaire businessman and financier who is "reputed to be Vladimir Putin's personal banker". The Panama Papers leak revealed that Kovalchuk had transferred at least $1 billion to an offshore entity.
The RBC Group, or RosBiznesConsulting, is a Russian media group headquartered in Moscow. It was established in 1993.
Sergei Pavlovich Roldugin is a Russian cellist and businessman based in St Petersburg. He is a close friend of Vladimir Putin. He has been implicated in several money laundering and offshore wealth schemes for Russian elites. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the European Union sanctioned Roldugin.
"Putin's Palace" is an Italianate palace complex located on the Black Sea coast near Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.
Arkady Romanovich Rotenberg is a Russian billionaire businessman and oligarch. With his brother Boris Rotenberg, he was co-owner of the Stroygazmontazh, the largest construction company for gas pipelines and electrical power supply lines in Russia.
Ilham Mammadhasan oglu Rahimov – Azerbaijani and Russian legal scholar, entrepreneur, and author of scientific works on criminology.
Kirill Nikolayevich Shamalov is a Russian businessman, the ex-husband of Katerina Tikhonova and the ex-son-in-law of the Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was the former economic advisor to the Russian government.
Alexander Anatolyevich Ponomarenko is a Russian-Cypriot billionaire businessman who made his fortune in banking, sea ports, commercial real estate and airport construction.
Nikolai Terent'yevich Shamalov, Nikolai Terent'evich Shamalov or Nikolai Terentievich Shamalov is a Belarusian-born Russian dentist, businessman, and a founding member of Ozero. He is a close confidant of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Shamalov grew rich after obtaining a stake in Bank Rossiya.
Igor Rotenberg is a Russian billionaire businessman, and the oldest son and heir to Arkady Rotenberg, Russian billionaire businessman and co-owner with brother Boris Rotenberg, of the SGM (Stroygazmontazh) group. The Rotenbergs are closely associated with Vladimir Putin. In October 2018, Igor Rotenberg's wealth was estimated to be $1.1 billion. Igor Rotenberg has been under United States sanctions since 6 April 2018.
Konstantin Yuryevich Nikolaev is a Russian billionaire and businessman who is a financial supporter of Maria Butina, a co-owner of the Tula Cartridge Plant that supplies very large amounts of ammunition to Russian forces during Russia-Ukraine War, American Ethane, N-Trans and Globaltrans, the largest private rail operator in Russia, CIS, and the Baltic states. He is only under sanctions by Ukraine. According to the Forbes, in 2019 Nikolaev's net worth was estimated at $1.2 billion.
Maria Vladimirovna Vorontsova, also referred to as Maria Faassen, is a Russian pediatric endocrinologist. She is the eldest child of Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Alexander Semenovich Vinokurov is a Russian businessman. He is one of the main owners of the privately held investment company Marathon Group and the largest shareholder of retailer Magnit. Vinokurov was added to the EU Sanctions List on 9 March 2022 for providing a substantial source of revenue to the government of the Russian Federation during the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Putin's Palace. History of World's Largest Bribe is a 2021 Russian documentary film by the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). The film investigates the residence commonly known as "Putin's Palace" that it claims was constructed for Russian president Vladimir Putin and details a corruption scheme allegedly headed by Putin involving the construction of the palace. The film estimates that the residence, located near the town of Gelendzhik in Krasnodar Krai, cost over ₽100 billion with what it says was "the largest bribe in history".
R-Pharm is an international pharmaceutical company headquartered in Russia. It reached the headlines in September 2020 following approval of its drug "Coronavir" as a treatment in cases of mild to moderate COVID-19 infection. It was founded by Alexey Repik in 2001, but has had an increasingly international operations base since, with Japanese Corporation Mitsui & Co., Ltd. acquiring 10% of its shares in 2017. In 2022, against the background of the introduction of personal sanctions, Alexey Repik resigned from the owners of R-Pharm, selling his share in the company to the management of R-Pharm, and resigned as chairman of the board of directors.
"Where have you been for eight years?", "Where have you been for the last eight years?", or "Why have you been silent during the past eight years?" is a rhetorical question widely used by Russian propaganda in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in support of Russia, mainly pointing out what Ukraine has been doing to the Donbas during the war in Donbas (2014–2022), and that the Russo-Ukrainian War has been ongoing since the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea. It has been described as Russian pro-war propaganda.
Lanfranco Cirillo is an Italian architect, residing in Moscow and Dubai. He was a founder and a co-owner of an architectural studio Masterskaja in Moscow.
Grandpa in his bunker, also translated as grandpa in a bunker, or bunker grandpa, is an insulting nickname for Russian president Vladimir Putin, which has become an Internet meme in Russia and Ukraine.
