All news on the topic: Anton Vaino

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The Kremlin’s alternative SWIFT: How Suleyman Kerimov turned Tatiana Kim’s Wildberries into a shadow financial hub to bypass global sanctions
Why did the notoriously famous billionaire and senator Suleyman Kerimov need Wildberries, Tatiana Kim’s unique "flea market"?
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The ‘Sklad’ for a million: how Rosneft chief Igor Sechin built a private dining bunker near the Presidential Administration and the FSB
As reported by Media, the head of Rosneft, Igor Sechin, has a private meeting place located near the state company’s office.
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Head of Rosselkhoznadzor Sergey Dankvert hides a fleet of luxury cars through companies linked to Kremlin infrastructure in Moscow
Sergey Dankvert, the head of Rosselkhoznadzor (the agency directly associated with mass livestock culling), has an obsession with Bentley.
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From a protocol BMW to a 100-million-ruble Aston Martin: how Russian Presidential Administration chief Anton Vaino turned plate number 057 into a personal symbol of luxury
It has emerged why Anton Vaino, head of the Russian Presidential Administration, insists on placing license plates containing the digits “057” on all his supercars and other expensive vehicles.
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Russian governor Alexander Dronov funneled 1.1 billion rubles through funds and spent millions on cars and alcohol
As Media discovered, the scandal-ridden governor of the Novgorod region, Alexander Dronov, is effectively overwhelmed by corruption allegations.
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The Kremlin’s ‘Kings of Life’: Anton Vaino drives around Moscow in supercars under FSO and traffic police escort
Media outlets report that sports cars and luxury foreign vehicles bearing the number 057, from a “special garage” funded by Russia’s Presidential Property Management Department, are linked to Presidential Administration Chief Anton Vaino.
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Conflict around Azur Air: the Russian company Wildberries is attempting to acquire the airline from the Turkish Kockar family, owners of the international tourism group ANEX
Wildberries & Russ, increasingly resembling a large-scale corporate raiding structure, risks straining Russia–Turkey relations.
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Luxury “stable” of the Russian elite: sports cars of officials and top managers of state corporations are serviced at the expense of the Presidential Administration
Media found that senior Russian officials and top managers of state corporations likely have their own “stable” where their sports cars and other exclusive vehicles are kept.
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Kremlin elite war: the Rosnano case against Anatoly Chubais exposes a conflict between Anton Vaino and Sergey Kiriyenko
In the tangled story involving lawsuits and criminal cases initiated by Rosnano against Anatoly Chubais and his team, a new and previously hidden storyline has emerged.
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After threats of a “blood feud” over Wildberries, Putin personally forced Chechnya’s head Ramzan Kadyrov and Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov to end the conflict in the Kremlin
Putin personally brokered a peace deal between Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Senator Suleiman Kerimov in the Kremlin, according to Russia’s Chief Mufti, Ravil Gainutdin.
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From Russian Uralkali to Pissouri: how Baumgertner’s disappearance exposes a power war inside Russia’s ruling elite
Family members of Vladislav Baumgertner, the former Uralkali CEO and one of Russia’s most prominent executives, have described to the media the troubling circumstances surrounding his disappearance in Cyprus, firmly dismissing the idea that it was a suicide.
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Kremlin ties and Caucasian hitmen: how Russian oligarch Suleyman Kerimov strengthens control over Wildberries
The carefully crafted image of Russian oligarch Suleyman Kerimov—quiet, calculated, and discreet—is rapidly falling apart.
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Russian senator-oligarch Suleiman Kerimov and Putin’s chief of staff Anton Vaino gained control over Wildberries by relying on security agencies and the FGS
Despite holding a government position that legally bars him from commercial activity, Russian oligarch and senator Suleiman Kerimov is allegedly running major business projects — and doing so jointly with one of the most powerful figures in the Kremlin: Anton Vaino, head of the presidential administration.
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“He won’t get Putin’s permission”: Kerimov humiliates Kadyrov as $10 billion Wildberries battle exposes Kremlin power hierarchy
The battle over Wildberries has once again exposed the long-running rivalry between the Kerimov and Kadyrov clans — and who truly resolves such conflicts within the Kremlin.