The Russian Banker, Part 2: The Whistleblower
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Sergei Leontiev says he was a political victim of the Putin regime. But when we tracked down other people who used to work at the bank they had a different story about Leontiev — and the extent of his ties to Alexei Navalny. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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