Investigators Are Seizing Russian Oligarch’s Mega-Yachts

Russian oligarchs are caught in an interesting predicament as Instagram posts are being used to identify and track down their mega-yachts around the world. Investigators are using photos from family members, wives, girlfriends, and in one case, a hired escort. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola discuss on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live


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"Three weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine, a series of Instagram photos showing a young Russian woman making a duck face into the camera from the back of a luxurious yacht and posing in a bikini next to an emerald-green pool went viral on Twitter.


Within days, Polina Kovaleva, said to be the unofficial stepdaughter of Russia’s foreign minister, was banned from entering the UK and all her property there was frozen.


There’s a lesson here: Partying can be dangerous in the age of Instagram. Ask any oligarch.


Their decades of fancy living at the highest possible level of luxury have turned out to be enormously useful for investigators tracking down the assets of Russia’s sanctioned elite. That’s because, in multiple cases, a few careless Instagram posts have blown up the best defense for their secret empires: Anonymity.


Oligarchs themselves rarely use Instagram to accidentally crack open a window into their high living. Rather, it’s the people partying with them: A stepdaughter, an ex-wife, or in least one infamous case, an escort."


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