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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Fri Mar 18, 2022, 09:44 PM Mar 2022

Ex-partner of Russian oligarch close to Putin said life in Russia was like 'The Godfather' and there [View all]

was a 'lack of normal human morals'

Alexandra Tolstoy, the former partner of Russian oligarch Sergei Pugachev, said living in Russian President Vladimir Putin's world was like "The Godfather."

"It was sort of like everything you probably imagine, as someone earlier said, like 'The Godfather,'" Tolstoy told Erin Burnett on CNN Thursday.

"This crazy insane wealth, and also a complete lack of sort of normal, human morals," Tolstoy said of living in Putin's Russia for eight years with Pugachev.

She added that Putin's top aides all "hate each other" and that their government is "ruthless."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-partner-russian-oligarch-close-151250730.html
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