E29: The Putin Campaign's Bankrollers

In this episode of The Russia Guy, Kevin discusses a new Meduza-OCCRP investigative report about the secretive groups funding Vladimir Putin's re-election campaign.Questions asked and answered in this episode:* What does it mean that Putin’s re-election campaign is funding itself through nonprofit foundations affiliated with United Russia? Is that any different than how he’s always done it?* What are these foundations, and how are they connected to influential political players like billionaire Gennady Timchenko and Moscow Governor Andrey Vorobyev?* How does the central organization responsible for funding the Putin campaign’s warchest respond to allegations that it exists purely to hide the president’s real donors?And don't miss Meduza's full report, which includes an impressive infographic linking everyone and everything in this murky business:https://meduza.io/en/feature/2018/03/13/putin-s-secret-bankrollersSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/kevinrothrock)