All news on the topic: Alexander Zaitsev

A Romanian businessman’s rise to building a business empire in Belarus, reportedly backed by Lukashenko’s “wallet” and the former head of the State Border Committee.

Belarussian Alexander Zaitsev, nicknamed President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s “money bag,” appears to have shipped luxury goods to Russia despite sanctions imposed by the EU in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new investigation by The Buro, an OCCRP partner organization.