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The saga of Marina Minina — a social-climbing swindler who fooled diplomats, businessmen, and celebrity families — exposes a stunning trail of deception stretching from Kurgan to Moscow and all the way to the Yamalo-Nenets elite.

Billions from betting tied to Putin’s guard service and Moscow’s criminal underworld.

Since the start of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian state has confiscated assets worth nearly 2.6 trillion rubles ($33.2 billion).

An exploration of how the president’s bodyguard and a notorious criminal from the Moscow suburbs are amassing billions in betting money