FinCEN Leak Sheds Light On Hidden Money Flows Of Putin’s Russia – Analysis

By Mark Krutov and Robert Coalson*

(RFE/RL) -- In the summer of 2015, the New York branch of British bank Barclays flagged as suspicious a transfer of $1 million to former Moscow Deputy Mayor Iosif Ordzhonikidze for "consulting services."

The transfer originated with a company called BEM Global Corp., which is controlled...