BBCNEWS Roman Abramovichs Dirty Money... March 18, 2022 03:39:00
Disappeared without a trace. this is siberia, 1,500 miles east of moscow. it's where roman abramovich made his serious money. in the mid—1990s, russia was a pretty lawless place. the government owned the vast oil industry here. but roman abramovich came up with a plan to get control of it himself. the idea was simple — persuade the russian government to combine some of the vast state oil facilities, create a giant new company, and then sell it off. the price — and the sale — would be agreed in advance.