In Russia, oligarchs sometimes fall off balconies, but that no longer causes an earthquake. The arrest of Russian businessman Ilya Traber (75), however, does. In Saint Petersburg, the city where organized crime and the political elite have been intertwined for decades, he was the only underworld figure whose friendship Vladimir Putin ever openly acknowledged. Until Traber was handcuffed.
In Russia, oligarchs sometimes fall off balconies, but that no longer causes an earthquake. The arrest of Russian businessman Ilya Traber (75), however, does. In Saint Petersburg, the city where organized crime and the political elite have been intertwined for decades, he was the only underworld figure whose friendship Vladimir Putin ever openly acknowledged. Until Traber was handcuffed.