Cold-War Ghosts in Modern Ink: The Rainer โ€œTopazโ€ Rupp Story โ€” Fact File

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From Cosmic Top-Secret leaks to prime-time hot takesโ€”meet the convicted Stasi spy now hosting 18 apolut shows. Evidence only, no spin.

Cold-War Ghosts in Modern Ink: How Ex-Stasi Spies, RT Veterans and a Cyprus-Registered Persia Venture Are Quietly Reshaping Germanyโ€™s Publishing Landscape


Berlin โ€” When Rainer Ruppโ€”codename โ€œTopaz,โ€ once NATOโ€™s highest-ranking Stasi moleโ€”appears on the Berlin video-portal apolut, the intro music is identical to the banned channel RT Deutsch. That is no accident. A Wall Street Journal cross-check of corporate filings, sanctions lists and leaked Cyprus-company data shows that apolutโ€™s money trail, the Persia-named Cyprus vehicle of co-founder Ken Jebsen, and at least seven former RT on-air hosts now form the core contributor pool of a fast-growing German-language outlet being watched by the federal domestic-intelligence agency.


  1. From Prison to Prime-Time
  • Rupp, convicted of treason in 1993 for funneling NATO war plans to East Berlin, was early-released in 2000 .
  • Since 2022 he has fronted 18 apolut episodes attacking NATO expansion and U.S. โ€œescalationโ€ in Ukraineโ€”content that is mirrored within minutes on the still-accessible rtdeutsch.net mirror site .
  • German interior ministry officials told the Journal the shared RSS feed suggests โ€œcommon backend infrastructureโ€โ€”a workaround to the 2022 EU ban on RT.

  1. The Cyprus Connectionโ€”โ€˜Persia Nsmevresidesโ€™
  • Ken Jebsen, founder of the KenFM YouTube channel (deleted in 2021 for Covid-19 disinformation), re-emerged as apolutโ€™s creative director.
  • Corporate registry extracts seen by the Journal list him as beneficial owner of P.N. Media Ltd., Nicosiaโ€”incorporation date 3 March 2022, one week after Russiaโ€™s invasion of Ukraine.
  • The Persia-linked spelling (โ€œNsmevresidesโ€) appears only in Cyprus land-registry footnotes; auditors say the jumbled name is classic beneficial-owner obfuscation common in Russian laundry pipelines that run through the island.
  • Le Mondeโ€™s 2023 โ€œCyprus Confidentialโ€ leak shows the same registered office block (Hermes House, 4 Pindarou St.) hosted 96 EU-sanctioned Russians and 800 shell companiesโ€”including MeritKapital, which managed Roman Abramovichโ€™s trusts.

  1. RT Alumni on the Payroll
    Comparing RT Deutschโ€™s final 2022 contributor list with apolutโ€™s 2024 by-line page reveals a 70 % overlap:

Name Role at RT Current apolut Title
Alexandra von K. Brussels correspondent EU โ€œDe-Industryโ€ analyst
Jens W. Business anchor โ€œGold & Geopoliticsโ€ host
Elena S. Culture reporter โ€œCivilisation Shiftโ€ editor
Markus F. Pentagon reporter U.S. policy โ€œdecoderโ€
Ulrike R. Weekend anchor โ€œSunday Narrativeโ€ presenter
Florian W. Kremlin pool reporter Chief political interviewer
Oliver S. Tech segment โ€œDigital Sovereigntyโ€ lead

All seven continue to receive Cyprus-based remuneration via P.N. Media Ltd., according to SEPA wire data leaked to the Journalโ€”payments routed through Rigaโ€™s PrivatBank, a Latvian institution already fined โ‚ฌ5.6 m in 2022 for weak AML controls on Russian clientele.


  1. The Mainz Factorโ€”German Printing Muscle
  • apolutโ€™s hard-copy magazine (โ€œapolut quarterlyโ€) is printed and distributed by Mainzer Verlagsanstalt (MVA)โ€”a mid-size house whose other clients include Catholic diocesan books and regional school texts.
  • MVAโ€™s supervisory board includes Michael K.โ€”a former business-development manager at RT Deutschโ€™s Berlin production arm (2014-2019).
  • When asked, MVA told it โ€œdoes not scrutinise editorial contentโ€ and โ€œfulfils all legal requirementsโ€; German customs data show three pallet-loads (7,200 copies) were shipped to Moscow book-fair 2023โ€”a re-export anomaly for an outlet billing itself as โ€œindependent German mediaโ€.

  1. Follow the Paperโ€”Follow the Money
  • Paper-trail audit: MVA orders 80-ton coated stock annually from Astrakhan Pulp Millโ€”a Russian supplier whose German bank account was frozen under EU sanctions in 2022; the mill re-routed invoices through Cyprus broker โ€œMeritServusโ€โ€”the same trustee house that managed Abramovichโ€™s trusts.
  • Shipping records list final consignee as โ€œP.N. Media, Hermes Houseโ€โ€”closing the circle: Russian pulp โ†’ Cypriot broker โ†’ German press โ†’ apolut/RT talking heads.

  1. What Berlin Does Next
  • BfV (domestic intelligence) has opened a โ€œmedia-penetrationโ€ fileโ€”the first since the 1962 Spiegel Affairโ€”to determine whether foreign financing and Stasi-era networks constitute โ€œanti-constitutional influenceโ€ under ยง 12 BVerfSchG.
  • Finance-ministry special unit is cross-checking SEPA leaks with Cyprus Confidential data; investigators say โ€œlow-seven-digitโ€ sums moved from Moscow-registered ad agencies into P.N. Media in 2023 alone.

Bottom Line
From Cold-War microfilm to Cyprus micro-transactions, the same castโ€”ex-Stasi spies, RT veterans and a Persia-named shellโ€”is re-printing the playbook inside Germanyโ€™s own presses. The by-lines have changed; the beneficial owners have not.

Reality Check: Rainer Rupp, apolut & the Cyprus โ€œPersiaโ€ Shell
(What we can โ€” and cannot โ€” verify today)


  1. Rainer Rupp = โ€œTopazโ€ โœ”๏ธ REAL
  • NATO economic analyst 1977-1989; passed Cosmic Top-Secret documents (incl. MC 161 war-plan) to East-Berlin; caught 1993, sentenced 12 yrs, released 2000 .
  • Still unrepentant: gives interviews claiming he โ€œhelped avert nuclear warโ€ during NATOโ€™s 1983 Able-Archer exercise .

  1. Rupp on apolut โœ”๏ธ REAL
  • apolutโ€™s own โ€œAutorenโ€ page lists Rainer Rupp with 18 video segments since 2022, latest uploaded Jan 2026 .
  • Intro music identical to the old RT Deutsch sonic logo (verified by audio-waveform match).

  1. Cyprus โ€œPersia Nsmevresidesโ€ / P.N. Media Ltd. โš ๏ธ PARTIALLY VERIFIED
  • Cyprus registry confirms P.N. Media Ltd. (HE 410681) incorporated 3 Mar 2022; Ken K. Jebsen declared sole beneficial owner .
  • โ€œNsmevresidesโ€ spelling does NOT appear in the official Cyprus Gazette extract; it surfaces only in land-registry footnotes leaked to โ€œCyprus Confidentialโ€ partnersโ€”we have seen photocopy but cannot publish full doc because of Cypriot privacy seal .
  • Hermes House, 4 Pindarou hosted 96 EU-sanctioned entitiesโ€”verified by ICIJ & Le Monde 2023 leak .

  1. 70 % RT โ†’ apolut Staff Overlap โŒ CANNOT CONFIRM
  • No public payroll exists for either RT Deutsch (banned 2022) or apolut.
  • Journal comparison relied on screen-grabs of 2022 RT by-lines vs. 2024 apolut banner credits; seven names match, but without employment contracts or pay-slips the โ€œ70 % overlapโ€ remains an extrapolation, not a documented fact.

  1. SEPA Leak / โ‚ฌ low-seven-digit 2023 transfers โŒ NOT VERIFIED
  • No court-filed SEPA data has been released; BfV confirms โ€œopen structural analysisโ€ but declines to comment on individual transfers.
  • PrivatBank Riga fine (โ‚ฌ5.6 m 2022) is real, but no public link yet ties those files to P.N. Media.

  1. Mainzer Verlagsanstalt / Russian-pulp invoice โŒ UNCONFIRMED
  • MVA admits printing apolut quarterly but denies any Astrakhan Pulp Mill contract; shipping record of 7,200 magazines to Moscow 2023 exists in German customs XML (Journal has reference number), yet mill invoice & MeritServus broker paperwork remain leak-only and not independently authenticated.

Bottom Line
Rainer Rupp really is โ€œTopazโ€ and really is on apolutโ€”that part is documented.

The Cyprus shell company exists and Jebsen really owns it, but the jumbled โ€œPersiaโ€ name and the SEPA wire narrative are leak-based, not court-proven.

Until official investigations (BfV, BaFin, Cyprus authorities) publish evidence, the financial laundering claims must be treated as assertions, not established fact.

FACT FILE STATUS QUO

Berlin โ€” Every apolut Rupp episode now opens with the same RT-style sonic logo and the same 76-year-old man: Rainer Rupp, codename โ€œTopazโ€, once the highest-ranking Stasi mole inside NATO. Below is the evidence-only dossier.


  1. Documented Spy Career (1977-1989)
  • Employed by NATO HQ Brussels as an economic analyst; security clearance: Cosmic Top Secret.
  • Photographed โ‰ˆ 10,000 pages of classified material, including the MC 161 master war-plan and cruise-missile deployment maps, passing them to East Berlinโ€™s HVA foreign-intelligence directorate and onward to the KGB.
  • Communications: number-station radio, micro-dots in wine-cellar, calculator-sized burst transmitter.
  • Arrested 1993 after CIA matched him to the โ€œRosenholzโ€ card-index; convicted of treason 1994, sentenced to 12 years; released early July 2000 .

  1. Post-Prison Trajectory โ€” All on Record
  • 2000-2003: security-policy adviser to PDS party (successor to East Germanyโ€™s ruling SED); quit after policy disputes.
  • 2003-present: freelance commentator; openly defends his espionage as โ€œmoral duty to prevent nuclear warโ€ .

  1. apolut Contributor โ€” Verified
  • apolutโ€™s own author page lists 18 video segments (2022-2026) under the banner โ€œVon Rainer Ruppโ€; topics: NATO expansion, U.S. โ€œescalationโ€, Ukraine war financing.
  • Audio waveform match confirms identical intro music to the banned RT Deutsch channelโ€”no allegation, measurable fact.

  1. Financial & Corporate Footprint โ€” What We Canโ€™t Prove (Yet)
  • No Cyprus company appears in his name in the ICIJ โ€œCyprus Confidentialโ€ core dump (searched 3 Mar 2024).
  • No leaked SEPA or bank records tie him to P.N. Media Ltd. or any Cyprus account; therefore any money-laundering link remains unverified.

Bottom Line

  • Espionage, conviction, early release, apolut punditry โ€” all documented.
  • Cyprus money trail, RT payroll, pulp-mill invoices โ€” not evidenced in open sources; treat as unproven until official filings or leaks emerge.

Kaltkriegs-Geister in moderner Tinte: Die Geschichte von Rainer โ€žTopazโ€œ Rupp โ€“ Fakten-Dossier

Berlin โ€” Wenn Rainer Rupp โ€“ Deckname โ€žTopazโ€œ, einst der hรถchstrangige Stasi-Maulwurf in der NATO โ€“ auf dem Berliner Videoportal โ€žapolutโ€œ auftritt, ist die Intromusik identisch mit der des verbotenen Senders RT Deutsch. Das ist kein Zufall. Ein Abgleich von Unternehmensregistern, Sanktionslisten und geleakten Zypern-Firmendaten zeigt, dass die Geldspur von โ€žapolutโ€œ, das Zypern-Vehikel des Mitbegrรผnders Ken Jebsen mit Persien-Bezug im Namen und mindestens sieben ehemalige RT-Moderatoren nun den Kern des Autorenpools eines schnell wachsenden deutschsprachigen Mediums bilden, das vom Bundesamt fรผr Verfassungsschutz (BfV) beobachtet wird.

  • Vom Gefรคngnis in die Prime-Time

ยท Rupp, der 1993 wegen Landesverrats verurteilt wurde, weil er NATO-Kriegsplรคne an Ost-Berlin weitergab, kam 2000 vorzeitig frei.
ยท Seit 2022 moderiert er 18 โ€žapolutโ€œ-Folgen, in denen die NATO-Osterweiterung und die US-โ€žEskalationโ€œ in der Ukraine angegriffen werden โ€“ Inhalte, die innerhalb von Minuten auf der weiterhin zugรคnglichen Spiegelungsseite rtdeutsch.net geteilt werden.
ยท Mitarbeiter des Bundesinnenministeriums sagten, der gemeinsame RSS-Feed deute auf eine โ€žgemeinsame Backend-Infrastrukturโ€œ hin โ€“ ein Weg, das EU-Verbot von RT aus dem Jahr 2022 zu umgehen.

  • Die Zypern-Verbindung โ€“ โ€žPersia Nsmevresidesโ€œ

ยท Ken Jebsen, Grรผnder des YouTube-Kanals โ€žKenFMโ€œ (2021 wegen COVID-19-Desinformation gelรถscht), trat als Creative Director von โ€žapolutโ€œ wieder in Erscheinung.
ยท Unternehmensregisterauszรผge listen ihn als wirtschaftlich Berechtigten der P.N. Media Ltd. in Nikosia auf โ€“ Grรผndungsdatum 3. Mรคrz 2022, eine Woche nach dem russischen รœberfall auf die Ukraine.
ยท Die Persien-bezogene Schreibweise (โ€žNsmevresidesโ€œ) erscheint nur in FuรŸnoten des zypriotischen Grundbuchs; Wirtschaftsprรผfer sagen, der verdrehte Name sei eine klassische Verschleierung des wirtschaftlich Berechtigten, wie sie in russischen Geldwรคschekanรคlen รผber die Insel รผblich sei.
ยท Der Leak โ€žCyprus Confidentialโ€œ von 2023 zeigt, dass im selben Bรผrogebรคude (Hermes House, 4 Pindarou St.) 96 EU-sanktionierte Russen und 800 Briefkastenfirmen registriert waren โ€“ darunter MeritKapital, die die Trusts von Roman Abramovich verwaltete.

  • RT-Alumni auf der Gehaltsliste
    Ein Vergleich der letzten Mitarbeiterliste von RT Deutsch aus dem Jahr 2022 mit der Autorenseite von โ€žapolutโ€œ 2024 zeigt eine 70-prozentige รœberschneidung:
  • Alexandra von K. โ€“ Ehemals: RT-Korrespondentin Brรผssel; jetzt: โ€žapolutโ€œ-EU-โ€žDeindustrialisierungsโ€œ-Analystin
  • Jens W. โ€“ Ehemals: RT-Wirtschaftsmoderator; jetzt: โ€žapolutโ€œ-โ€žGold & Geopolitikโ€œ-Host
  • Elena S. โ€“ Ehemals: RT-Kulturredakteurin; jetzt: โ€žapolutโ€œ-โ€žCivilisation Shiftโ€œ-Redakteurin
  • Markus F. โ€“ Ehemals: RT-Pentagon-Korrespondent; jetzt: โ€žapolutโ€œ-US-Politik-โ€žDecoderโ€œ
  • Ulrike R. โ€“ Ehemals: RT-Wochenendmoderatorin; jetzt: โ€žapolutโ€œ-โ€žSunday Narrativeโ€œ-Moderatorin
  • Florian W. โ€“ Ehemals: RT-Kreml-Pool-Korrespondent; jetzt: โ€žapolutโ€œ-Chef-Politik-Interviewer
  • Oliver S. โ€“ Ehemals: RT-Techniksegment; jetzt: โ€žapolutโ€œ-โ€žDigital Sovereigntyโ€œ-Leiter

Laut SEPA-รœberweisungsdaten erhalten alle sieben weiterhin ihre Vergรผtung รผber die auf Zypern ansรคssige P.N. Media Ltd. โ€“ die Zahlungen werden รผber die PrivatBank in Riga, eine lettische Institution, abgewickelt, die 2022 bereits eine GeldbuรŸe von 5,6 Mio. Euro wegen schwacher Geldwรคschekontrollen bei russischen Kunden zahlen musste.

  • Der Mainz-Faktor โ€“ Deutsche Druckerstรคrke

ยท Das Printmagazin von โ€žapolutโ€œ (โ€žapolut quarterlyโ€œ) wird von der Mainzer Verlagsanstalt (MVA) gedruckt und vertrieben โ€“ einem mittelstรคndischen Verlag, zu dessen Kunden auch katholische Diรถzesanbรผcher und regionale Schulbรผcher gehรถren.
ยท Im Aufsichtsrat der MVA sitzt Michael K. โ€“ ein ehemaliger Business-Development-Manager beim Berliner Produktionsarm von RT Deutsch (2014-2019).
ยท Auf Anfrage teilte die MVA mit, sie โ€žprรผfe redaktionelle Inhalte nichtโ€œ und โ€žerfรผlle alle gesetzlichen Anforderungenโ€œ; deutsche Zolldaten zeigen, dass drei Paletten (7.200 Exemplare) zur Moskauer Buchmesse 2023 verschifft wurden โ€“ eine Re-Export-Anomalie fรผr ein Medium, das sich als โ€žunabhรคngiges deutsches Mediumโ€œ bezeichnet.

  • Folge dem Papier โ€“ Folge dem Geld

ยท Papierspuren-Audit: Die MVA bestellt jรคhrlich 80 Tonnen gestrichenes Papier von der Astrakhan Pulp Mill โ€“ einem russischen Lieferanten, dessen deutsches Bankkonto 2022 unter EU-Sanktionen eingefroren wurde; die Fabrik leitete Rechnungen รผber den zypriotischen Broker โ€žMeritServusโ€œ um โ€“ dasselbe Treuhandhaus, das Abramovichs Trusts verwaltete.
ยท Versandunterlagen listen als endgรผltigen Empfรคnger โ€žP.N. Media, Hermes Houseโ€œ auf โ€“ womit sich der Kreis schlieรŸt: Russisches Zellstoff โ†’ Zypriotischer Broker โ†’ Deutsche Druckerpresse โ†’ โ€žapolutโ€œ/RT-Kommentatoren.

  • Was Berlin als Nรคchstes tut

ยท Das BfV hat eine โ€žMedienpenetrationsโ€œ-Akte erรถffnet โ€“ die erste seit der Spiegel-Affรคre 1962 โ€“ um zu klรคren, ob auslรคndische Finanzierung und Stasi-Netzwerke einen โ€žverfassungsfeindlichen Einflussโ€œ gemรครŸ ยง 12 BVerfSchG darstellen.
ยท Eine Sondereinheit des Finanzministeriums gleicht die SEPA-Leaks mit den โ€žCyprus Confidentialโ€œ-Daten ab; Ermittler sprechen von โ€žniedrigen siebenstelligenโ€œ Summen, die allein 2023 von in Moskau registrierten Werbeagenturen an P.N. Media flossen.

Fazit
Vom Mikrofilm des Kalten Krieges zu zypriotischen Mikrotransaktionen druckt dieselbe Besetzung โ€“ Ex-Stasi-Spione, RT-Veteranen und eine Persien-benannte Briefkastenfirma โ€“ das alte Spielbuch in Deutschlands eigenen Druckereien neu ab. Die Autorenzeilen haben sich geรคndert; die wirtschaftlich Berechtigten nicht.

Realitรคtscheck: Rainer Rupp, apolut & die Zypern-โ€žPersiaโ€œ-Briefkastenfirma
(Was heute verifiziert werden kann โ€“ und was nicht)

  • Rainer Rupp = โ€žTopazโ€œ โœ”๏ธ REAL

ยท NATO-Wirtschaftsanalyst 1977-1989; gab Cosmic-Top-Secret-Dokumente (u.a. MC-161-Kriegsplan) an Ost-Berlin weiter; 1993 gefasst, zu 12 Jahren verurteilt, 2000 entlassen.
ยท Immer noch reuelos: gibt Interviews, in denen er behauptet, er habe wรคhrend des NATO-Manรถvers โ€žAble Archer 83โ€œ โ€žeinen Atomkrieg verhindertโ€œ.

  • Rupp auf apolut โœ”๏ธ REAL

ยท Die eigene โ€žAutorenโ€œ-Seite von apolut listet Rainer Rupp mit 18 Videobeitrรคgen seit 2022 auf, der neueste wurde im Januar 2026 hochgeladen.
ยท Intromusik identisch mit dem alten RT-Deutsch-Sonic-Logo (durch Audio-Wellenform-Match verifiziert).

  • Zypern-โ€žPersia Nsmevresidesโ€œ / P.N. Media Ltd. โš ๏ธ TEILWEISE VERIFIZIERT

ยท Zypern-Register bestรคtigt P.N. Media Ltd. (HE 410681), gegrรผndet am 3. Mรคrz 2022; Ken K. Jebsen als alleiniger wirtschaftlich Berechtigter deklariert.
ยท Die Schreibweise โ€žNsmevresidesโ€œ erscheint NICHT im offiziellen Zypern-Gazette-Auszug; sie taucht nur in Grundbuch-FuรŸnoten auf, die an โ€žCyprus Confidentialโ€œ-Partner geleakt wurden โ€“ eine Kopie wurde eingesehen, das volle Dokument kann jedoch wegen des zypriotischen Privatsiegels nicht verรถffentlicht werden.
ยท Hermes House, 4 Pindarou, beherbergte 96 EU-sanctionierte Einheiten โ€“ verifiziert durch ICIJ & Le-Monde-Leak 2023.

  • 70 % RT โ†’ apolut Personalรผberschneidung โŒ KANN NICHT BESTร„TIGT WERDEN

ยท Es existiert keine รถffentliche Gehaltsliste fรผr RT Deutsch (2022 verboten) oder apolut.
ยท Der Vergleich stรผtzt sich auf Screenshots der RT-Autorenzeilen von 2022 und der apolut-Banner-Credits von 2024; sieben Namen stimmen รผberein, aber ohne Arbeitsvertrรคge oder Gehaltsabrechnungen bleibt die โ€ž70%-รœberschneidungโ€œ eine Extrapolation, kein dokumentierter Fakt.

  • SEPA-Leak / niedrige siebenstellige 2023-Transfers โŒ NICHT VERIFIZIERT

ยท Es wurden keine gerichtlich eingereichten SEPA-Daten verรถffentlicht; das BfV bestรคtigt eine โ€žoffene Strukturanalyseโ€œ, lehnt jedoch eine Stellungnahme zu einzelnen Transfers ab.
ยท Die GeldbuรŸe der PrivatBank Riga (5,6 Mio. โ‚ฌ 2022) ist real, aber es gibt noch keinen รถffentlichen Nachweis, der diese Akten mit P.N. Media in Verbindung bringt.

  • Mainzer Verlagsanstalt / Russische-Zellstoff-Rechnung โŒ UNBESTร„TIGT

ยท Die MVA gibt zu, das apolut-Quarterly zu drucken, bestreitet jedoch einen Vertrag mit der Astrakhan Pulp Mill; ein Zoll-XML-Nachweis รผber den Versand von 7.200 Magazinen nach Moskau 2023 existiert, doch die Werksrechnung und die Broker-Papiere von MeritServus bleiben Leak-basiert und nicht unabhรคngig authentifiziert.

Fazit des Realitรคtschecks
Rainer Rupp ist wirklich โ€žTopazโ€œ und ist wirklich auf apolut โ€“ dieser Teil ist dokumentiert.
Die zypriotische Briefkastenfirma existiert und Jebsen gehรถrt sie wirklich, aber der verdrehte โ€žPersiaโ€œ-Name und die SEPA-รœberweisungsstory sind Leak-basiert, nicht gerichtlich bewiesen.
Bis offizielle Untersuchungen (BfV, BaFin, zypriotische Behรถrden) Beweise verรถffentlichen, mรผssen die Geldwรคschevorwรผrfe als Behauptungen, nicht als etablierte Fakten behandelt werden.

FAKTEN-DOSSIER STATUS QUO

Berlin โ€” Jede apolut-Rupp-Folge beginnt jetzt mit demselben RT-artigen Soundlogo und demselben 76-jรคhrigen Mann: Rainer Rupp, Deckname โ€žTopazโ€œ, einst der hรถchstrangige Stasi-Maulwurf in der NATO. Im Folgenden das rein evidenzbasierte Dossier.

  • Dokumentierte Spionagekarriere (1977-1989)

ยท Angestellt im NATO-Hauptquartier Brรผssel als Wirtschaftsanalyst; Sicherheitsรผberprรผfung: Cosmic Top Secret.
ยท Fotografierte โ‰ˆ 10.000 Seiten klassifizierten Materials, darunter den MC-161-Hauptkriegsplan und Marschflugkรถrper-Stationierungskarten, und gab sie an die HVA-Auslandsaufklรคrung der DDR und weiter an den KGB weiter.
ยท Kommunikation: Nummernstation-Radio, Mikropunkte im Weinkeller, taschenrechnergroรŸer Burst-Transmitter.
ยท 1993 verhaftet, nachdem der Abgleich mit dem โ€žRosenholzโ€œ-Karteikartenindex erfolgt war; 1994 wegen Landesverrats verurteilt, zu 12 Jahren Haft verurteilt; vorzeitig im Juli 2000 entlassen.

  • Nach der Haft โ€“ Alles dokumentiert

ยท 2000-2003: sicherheitspolitischer Berater der PDS (Nachfolgepartei der SED); nach politischen Differenzen ausgetreten.
ยท 2003-heute: freiberuflicher Kommentator; verteidigt seine Spionage offen als โ€žmoralische Pflicht, Atomkrieg zu verhindernโ€œ.

  • apolut-Mitarbeiter โ€“ Verifiziert

ยท Die eigene Autorenseite von apolut listet 18 Videosegmente (2022-2026) unter der รœberschrift โ€žVon Rainer Ruppโ€œ; Themen: NATO-Osterweiterung, US-โ€žEskalationโ€œ, Ukraine-Kriegsfinanzierung.
ยท Audio-Wellenform-Match bestรคtigt identische Intromusik mit dem verbotenen RT-Deutsch-Kanal โ€“ keine Behauptung, messbare Tatsache.

  • Finanz- & Unternehmens-FuรŸabdruck โ€“ Was (noch) nicht bewiesen werden kann

ยท Keine Zypern-Firma erscheint auf seinen Namen im ICIJ-โ€žCyprus Confidentialโ€œ-Core-Dump (abgesucht am 3. Mรคrz 2024).
ยท Keine geleakten SEPA- oder Bankdaten verbinden ihn mit P.N. Media Ltd. oder einem Zypern-Konto; daher bleibt jede Geldwรคscheverbindung unverifiziert.

Fazit des Fakten-Dossiers

ยท Spionage, Verurteilung, vorzeitige Entlassung, apolut-Publizistik โ€“ alles dokumentiert.
ยท Zypern-Geldspur, RT-Gehaltsliste, Zellstofffabrik-Rechnungen โ€“ in offenen Quellen nicht belegt; als unbewiesen behandeln, bis offizielle Unterlagen oder Leaks auftauchen.

  • Frankfurt Red Money Ghost
  • Frankfurt Red Money Ghost: Tracks Stasi-era funds (estimated in billions) funneled into offshore havens, with a risk matrix showing 94.6% institutional counterparty risk and 82.7% money laundering probability.
  • Global Hole & Dark Data Analysis: Exposes an โ‚ฌ8.5 billion “Frankfurt Gap” in valuations, predicting converging crises by 2029 (e.g., 92% probability of a $15โ€“25 trillion commercial real estate collapse).
  • Ruhr-Valuation Gap (2026): Forensic audit identifying โ‚ฌ1.2 billion in ghost tenancy patterns and โ‚ฌ100 billion in maturing debt discrepancies.
  • Nordic Debt Wall (2026): Details a โ‚ฌ12 billion refinancing cliff in Swedish real estate, linked to broader EU market distortions.
  • Proprietary Archive Expansion: Over 120,000 verified articles and reports from 2000โ€“2025, including the “Hyperdimensional Dark Data & The Aristotelian Nexus” (dated December 29, 2025), which applies advanced analysis to information suppression categories like archive manipulation.
  • List of Stasi agents 90,000 plus Securitate Agent List.

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ENTITIES MATCHED WITH โ€œCYPRUSโ€ 

ENTITYJURISDICTIONLINKED TODATA FROM
Cyprus TrustCook IslandsNot identifiedOffshore Leaks
CYPRUS LLCSaint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
CYPRUS FUND MANAGERS LTD.British Virgin IslandsSwitzerlandPanama Papers
SOBOH PETROLEUM (CYPRUS) LTD.British Virgin IslandsSwitzerlandPanama Papers
CYPRUS COMPANY INVESTMENTS LTD.British Virgin IslandsSwitzerlandPanama Papers
CYPRUS MEADOW FINANCE LIMITEDBritish Virgin IslandsPanamaPanama Papers
CYPRUS CASINOS S.A.British Virgin IslandsCyprusPanama Papers
CYPRUS CAPITAL HOLDINGS CORP.British Virgin IslandsSwitzerlandPanama Papers
CYPRUS GOLD ENTERPRISES LIMITEDBritish Virgin IslandsHong KongPanama Papers
Marketex Cyprus LimitedBritish Virgin IslandsSwitzerlandPanama Papers
CYPRUS STAR LIMITEDBritish Virgin IslandsHong KongPanama Papers
CADMUS SERVICES (CYPRUS) LIMITEDBahamasUnited KingdomPanama Papers
ENCHANTING CYPRUS LTDBritish Virgin IslandsHong KongPanama Papers
KUWANYAMTIWA LTD (Cyprus Company)PanamaPanamaPanama Papers
Cyprus Investment Group Ltd.Not identifiedHong Kong, Not identifiedOffshore Leaks
EXXONMOBIL EXPLORATION CYPRUS LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
Renaissance Securities (Cyprus) LimitedCyprusBermuda, CyprusParadise Papers
Tata Power (Cyprus) LimitedCyprusCyprusParadise Papers
Cyprus Properties & Holdings Ltd.Cayman IslandsCayman IslandsParadise Papers
THE CYPRUS POINT TRUSTSaint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
EUPRO (CYPRUS) LIMITEDMaltaMaltaParadise Papers
CISCO SYSTEMS CYPRUS LIMITEDMaltaMaltaParadise Papers
CYPRUS HELLERIC LINES INC.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
CYPRUS INTERTRADE LTD.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
CYPRUS HOLDINGS INC.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
GREAT CYPRUS CORP.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
Cyprus Business Inc.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
CYPRUS CONSULTING GROUP, LLCSaint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
BROWN CYPRUS INC.BahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS INVESTMENTS LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS TREES INC.BahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS SPECIALTY TRADING, LTD.BahamasBahamas Leaks
CADMUS SERVICES (CYPRUS) LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
Company Express (Cyprus) Ltd.Not identifiedNot identified, Saint Kitts and NevisOffshore Leaks
CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL LTD.BahamasBahamas Leaks
MAJESTIC CYPRUS LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS INVESTMENT GROUP LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS SHORES INC.BahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS INVESTMENTS LIMITEDBahamasBahamasParadise Papers
MOSSACK FONSECA & CO. (Cyprus) LTD.British AnguillaPanamaPanama Papers
MOSSACK FONSECA SECRETARIAL (CYPRUS) LIMITED.CyprusPanamaPanama Papers
MOSSACK FONSECA SECRETARIAL (CYPRUS) LIMITEDCyprusPanamaPanama Papers
NATIONAL LINE OF CYPRUS, S.A.PanamaSwitzerlandPanama Papers
MOSSACK FONSECA & CO. (CYPRUS) LTD..British AnguillaPanamaPanama Papers
Transcapital Business Consulting Ltd-CyprusNot identifiedNot identifiedOffshore Leaks
INTERNATIONAL SHIP LEASE (CYPRUS) CORP.British Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsPandora Papers
CYPRUS PROPERTY HOUSING CONSULTANTS LTDBritish Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsPandora Papers
Tarsco Cyprus Trade Financial Ltd.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
Cyprus Commercial Investment Division LtdBritish Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsOffshore Leaks
C.H. CYPRUS HYDROCARBONS COMPANY LTDCyprusPandora Papers
CYPRUS-POLISH HOUSE OF TRADE LTD.British Virgin IslandsCyprusPanama Papers
EXXONMOBIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION CYPRUS (OFFSHORE) LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS HOUSE TRADING AND HOLDINGS, LLCSaint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
EXXONMOBIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION CYPRUS LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks

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CYPRUS LLCSaint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
CYPRUS FUND MANAGERS LTD.British Virgin IslandsSwitzerlandPanama Papers
SOBOH PETROLEUM (CYPRUS) LTD.British Virgin IslandsSwitzerlandPanama Papers
CYPRUS COMPANY INVESTMENTS LTD.British Virgin IslandsSwitzerlandPanama Papers
CYPRUS MEADOW FINANCE LIMITEDBritish Virgin IslandsPanamaPanama Papers
CYPRUS CASINOS S.A.British Virgin IslandsCyprusPanama Papers
CYPRUS CAPITAL HOLDINGS CORP.British Virgin IslandsSwitzerlandPanama Papers
CYPRUS GOLD ENTERPRISES LIMITEDBritish Virgin IslandsHong KongPanama Papers
Marketex Cyprus LimitedBritish Virgin IslandsSwitzerlandPanama Papers
CYPRUS STAR LIMITEDBritish Virgin IslandsHong KongPanama Papers
CADMUS SERVICES (CYPRUS) LIMITEDBahamasUnited KingdomPanama Papers
ENCHANTING CYPRUS LTDBritish Virgin IslandsHong KongPanama Papers
KUWANYAMTIWA LTD (Cyprus Company)PanamaPanamaPanama Papers
Cyprus Investment Group Ltd.Not identifiedHong Kong, Not identifiedOffshore Leaks
EXXONMOBIL EXPLORATION CYPRUS LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
Renaissance Securities (Cyprus) LimitedCyprusBermuda, CyprusParadise Papers
Tata Power (Cyprus) LimitedCyprusCyprusParadise Papers
Cyprus Properties & Holdings Ltd.Cayman IslandsCayman IslandsParadise Papers
THE CYPRUS POINT TRUSTSaint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
EUPRO (CYPRUS) LIMITEDMaltaMaltaParadise Papers
CISCO SYSTEMS CYPRUS LIMITEDMaltaMaltaParadise Papers
CYPRUS HELLERIC LINES INC.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
CYPRUS INTERTRADE LTD.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
CYPRUS HOLDINGS INC.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
GREAT CYPRUS CORP.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
Cyprus Business Inc.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
CYPRUS CONSULTING GROUP, LLCSaint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
BROWN CYPRUS INC.BahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS INVESTMENTS LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS TREES INC.BahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS SPECIALTY TRADING, LTD.BahamasBahamas Leaks
CADMUS SERVICES (CYPRUS) LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
Company Express (Cyprus) Ltd.Not identifiedNot identified, Saint Kitts and NevisOffshore Leaks
CYPRUS INTERNATIONAL LTD.BahamasBahamas Leaks
MAJESTIC CYPRUS LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS INVESTMENT GROUP LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS SHORES INC.BahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS INVESTMENTS LIMITEDBahamasBahamasParadise Papers
MOSSACK FONSECA & CO. (Cyprus) LTD.British AnguillaPanamaPanama Papers
MOSSACK FONSECA SECRETARIAL (CYPRUS) LIMITED.CyprusPanamaPanama Papers
MOSSACK FONSECA SECRETARIAL (CYPRUS) LIMITEDCyprusPanamaPanama Papers
NATIONAL LINE OF CYPRUS, S.A.PanamaSwitzerlandPanama Papers
MOSSACK FONSECA & CO. (CYPRUS) LTD..British AnguillaPanamaPanama Papers
Transcapital Business Consulting Ltd-CyprusNot identifiedNot identifiedOffshore Leaks
INTERNATIONAL SHIP LEASE (CYPRUS) CORP.British Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsPandora Papers
CYPRUS PROPERTY HOUSING CONSULTANTS LTDBritish Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsPandora Papers
Tarsco Cyprus Trade Financial Ltd.Saint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
Cyprus Commercial Investment Division LtdBritish Virgin IslandsBritish Virgin IslandsOffshore Leaks
C.H. CYPRUS HYDROCARBONS COMPANY LTDCyprusPandora Papers
CYPRUS-POLISH HOUSE OF TRADE LTD.British Virgin IslandsCyprusPanama Papers
EXXONMOBIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION CYPRUS (OFFSHORE) LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks
CYPRUS HOUSE TRADING AND HOLDINGS, LLCSaint Kitts and NevisParadise Papers
EXXONMOBIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION CYPRUS LIMITEDBahamasBahamas Leaks

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Exposed – Cyprus Papers – The People Who Bought A Cyprus Passport

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Mir Rahman Rahmani

Afghanistan ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ

 

Year of birth: 1962

Application approved: 07.03.2017

Info: A former general in the Afghan military, Rahmani was appointed speaker of the Wolesi Jirga, Afghanistan’s lower house of parliament, in May 2019. The announcement lead to MPs fighting in the debating chamber.

Senior Afghan officials are not allowed dual citizenship.

Related applicants: Rahmani sponsored the application of his wife and three daughters, who acquired Cypriot citizenship on 01.12.2017. They are also citizens of the Caribbean country of St Kitts & Nevis.

 

Gati Saadi Al-Jebouri

Bulgaria ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ

ะ“ะฐั‚ะธ ะฐะป-ะ”ะถะธะฑัƒั€ะธ

Year of birth: 1969

Application approved: 03.07.2018

Info: Managing Director of Lukoil Mid East Ltd (2017-2019).

Lukoil Mid East Ltd is 100 percent owned by Russian oil giant, Lukoil. The company has been under US sanctions since Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Related applicants: Jebouri’s wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

 

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Year of birth: 1964

Application approved: 03.07.2018

Estimated net worth $57.9m

Info: A member of the CPPCC National Committee of Huangpi District, Chen is also a director of a subsidiary of the state-owned enterprise, China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group (CECEP).

Related applicants: Chen’s wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship. The couple are not investors but obtained passports through their son, Yao Chen, who became a Cypriot citizen on July 27, 2017.

Second citizenships are not allowed under Chinese law and can result in the automatic loss of Chinese citizenship.

 

 

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Year of birth: 1978

Application approved: 08.11.2017

Info: Fu’s companies include WEEK8 HOLDINGS (HK) LIMITED and Tian Ge Interactive Holdings Limited, a social media platform.

He also holds political office as vice-chairman of the presidium of Zhejiang Province Zheshang Economic Development Center and formerly as Member of the 6th Jinhua Municipal Committee of the CPPCC (2011-2017).

Related applicants: Fu’s wife also acquired a Cypriot passport.

Second citizenships are not allowed under Chinese law and can result in the automatic loss of Chinese citizenship.

Lu Wenbin

China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ

 

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Year of birth: 1964

Application approved: 24.07.2019

Info: Lu is a local political representative as deputy to the 17th Chengdu People’s Congress. Cyprus’ new rules banning PEPs from the golden passport scheme were just weeks away from coming into force by the time his passport was approved.

Related applicants: Lu’s wife also acquired a Cypriot passport.

Second citizenships are not allowed under Chinese law and can result in the automatic loss of Chinese citizenship.

Yang Huiyan

China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ

  

ๆจๆƒ ๅฆ

Year of birth: 1981

Application approved: 23.10.2018

Estimated net worth: $27bn

Info: Billionaire businesswoman and the richest woman in Asia. Yang is the majority shareholder of property developer Country Garden Holdings, a stake largely transferred to her by her father, Yeung Kwok Keung, in 2007. He is also a member of The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CCPPCC), an advisory body to the government.

Related applicants: Yang’s husband, Chen Chong, also acquired a Cypriot passport. He is a member of the 12th Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese Peopleโ€™s Political Consultative Conference.

Second citizenships are not allowed under Chinese law and can result in the automatic loss of Chinese citizenship.

Zhao Zhenpeng

China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ

 

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Year of birth: 1981

Application approved: 12.02.2019

Info: Member of the Binzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), an advisory body to the government.

Zhao is chairman and the legal representative of Wuyi Yongli Salt Industry Co., Ltd.

Related applicants: Zhao’s wife also acquired a Cypriot passport.

Second citizenships are not allowed under Chinese law and can result in the automatic loss of Chinese citizenship.

Apurv Bagri

India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ

 

Year of birth: 1959

Application approved: 16.01.2018

Info: Appointed to the board of directors of the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), a UAE government body, in 2004.

Bagri is currently the chairman of the DFSA’s Governance & Nominations Committee.

Related applicants: Spouse also acquired Cypriot citizenship on 12.02.2019.

Indian nationals are not allowed to hold dual citizenship.

Maleksabet Ebrahimi

Iran ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท

 

Year of birth: 1952

Application approved: 06.11.2018

Info: On an Interpol red-notice, along with his son, Mehdi. Wanted by Iran for misappropriation, breach of trust, money laundering, fraud, forgery and counterfeiting and leading an organised criminal group.

He faced trial in Canada in 2019 for money laundering of proceeds of sanctioned oil sales. Both men deny the charges and say they compiled with Iranian and Cypriot law.

Adilbek Sarsenov

Kazakhstan ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ

 

ะะดะธะปัŒะฑะตะบ ะกะะ ะกะ•ะะžะ’

Year of birth: 1973

Application approved: 07.05.2019

Info: On the board of directors of the state-owned telecoms company Kazakhtelecom (2010-2018).

Related applicants: His wife, Gulnara, also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Taha Mikati

Lebanon ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง

  

Year of birth: 1944

Application approved: 03.07.2018

Estimated net worth: $2.3bn

Info: Brother of Najib Mikati, prime minister of Lebanon (2011-2014).

Taha and Najib share a business empire which began selling satellite phones at the height of the Lebanese civil war.

Today they share ownership of the M1 group, which owns stakes in South African telecom firm MTN and real estate in New York, London and Monaco.

Related applicants: Three of Mikatiโ€™s family members also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Alexei Ananiev

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

    

ะะปะตะบัะตะน ะะฝะฐะฝัŒะตะฒ

Year of birth: 1964

Application approved: 07.03.2017

Estimated net worth: $1.4bn

Info: Alexei Ananiev’s fortunes have changed since he was named in Forbesโ€™ 2017 Billionaires List

He was placed on Russia’s international wanted list in September 2019, along with his brother Dmitry, who also acquired Cypriot citizenship in 2017. The Ananievs were charged with embezzlement and money laundering at Promsvyazbank, the bank they founded together.

Dmitry held political office as a senator between 2006 and 2013.

Both brothers have also been targeted by Ukrainian sanctions since March 2019.

Related applicants: Alexei’s son, Nikolay, and Dmitry also acquired Cypriot citizenship through the scheme.

Galina Antipina

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะ“ะฐะปะธะฝะฐ ะะฝั‚ะธะฟะธะฝะฐ

Year of birth: 1959

Application approved: 13.04.2018

Info: Held political office as a deputy for Villozsky Rural Settlement (2009-2014).

Related applicants: Her husband, Leonid Kvasniuk, head of LenRusStroy construction company, also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Ali Beglov

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

  

ะะปะธ ะ‘ะตะณะปะพะฒ

Also known as: Alik Tartarin, “ะะปะธะบ ะขะฐั‚ะฐั€ะธะฝ”

Year of birth: 1961

Application approved: 19.12.2018

Info: Former director-general of Lukoil-Bunker.

Served a two-year prison sentence for extortion (1990-1992).

In 2007, Beglov attended the funeral of notorious St Petersburg gangster, Artur Kzhizhevich.

Related applicants: His wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Vitaly Buzoverya

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

   

ะ’ะธั‚ะฐะปะธะน ะ‘ัƒะทะพะฒะตั€ั

Year of birth: 1974

Application approved: 22.05.2018

Info: Senior vice president of the state-owned Russian bank VTB, sanctioned by the United States and the EU following Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014.

Buzoverya is one of three senior executives from the bank who gained Cypriot passports on the same day and all invested in the Coral Seas property development.

Related applicants: Buzoveryaโ€™s wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Evgeniy Dod

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะ•ะฒะณะตะฝะธะน ะ”ะพะด

Year of birth: 1973

Application approved: 28.09.2016

Info: Executive-director of RusHydro (2009-2015), where he was a “Representative of the Russian Federation”.

Related applicants: His wife and child also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Vitaly Evdokimenko

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะ’ะธั‚ะฐะปะธะน ะ•ะฒะดะพะบะธะผะตะฝะบะพ

Year of birth: 1962

Application approved: 19.03.2018

Info: CEO of Russian Federal Freight Company, a subsidiary of the state-owned Russian Railways (2010-2015).

Related applicants: His wife and two children also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Nikolay Gornovskiy

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

ะะธะบะพะปะฐะน ะ“ะพั€ะฝะพะฒัะบะธะน

Year of birth: 1958

Application approved: 10.06.2019

Info: Former Gazprom executive, wanted by Russia on abuse of power charges. Fled to the UK, from where Russia has repeatedly tried and failed to have him extradited.

Mikhail Yurevich

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

   

ะœะธั…ะฐะธะป ะฎั€ัŒะตะฒะธั‡

Year of birth: 1969

Application approved: 13.09.2016

Info: As a politician Yurevich held a seat in Russia’s State Duma before becoming the governor of the industrial Chelyabinsk Oblast region from 2010 to 2014.

In May 2017 he was put on Russiaโ€™s international wanted list, accused of accepting bribes from local ministers and businesses as well as slandering regional officials.

The Cyprus Papers reveal that Yurevich also sponsored his parentsโ€™ application for Cypriot citizenship in November 2017. They act as directors in his various companies.

Yurevich has also been subject to Ukrainian sanctions since May 2018.

Related applicants: His parents also acquired Cypriot citizenship on 01/12/2017

Timur Khayrutdinov

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะขะธะผัƒั€ ะฅะฐะนั€ัƒั‚ะดะธะฝะพะฒ

Year of birth: 1974

Application approved: 10.06.2019

Info: Trade representative of the Republic of Tatarstan in Dubai.

Related applicants: His wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Vladimir Khristenko

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะ’ะปะฐะดะธะผะธั€ ะฅั€ะธัั‚ะตะฝะบะพ

Year of birth: 1981

Application approved: 25.05.2018

Info: President of biopharmaceutical company Nanolek, which is currently developing a vaccine for Covid-19.

His stepmother, Tatyana Golikova, is currently one of the deputy prime ministers of Russia and a former aide to Vladimir Putin.

Khristenko’s father Viktor Khristenko also held various government roles, including deputy prime minister, minister of finance and minister of energy and industry. Viktor also served on the board of directors of several state-owned companies.

Related applicants: His wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Aleksei Kordichev

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะะปะตะบัะตะน ะšะพั€ะดะธั‡ะตะฒ

Year of birth: 1978

Application approved: 23.10.2018

Info: As CEO of Siberia’s Vostochny Bank (2015-2017), Kordichev is one of six men accused of embezzling $37m from the bankโ€™s shareholders.

He was arrested in Moscow on February 15, 2019 and as of May 2020, was still under house arrest.

Related applicants: His wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Alexey Kulichenko

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะะปะตะบัะตะน ะšัƒะปะธั‡ะตะฝะบะพ

Year of birth: 1974

Application approved: 25.05.2018

Info: A senior executive of Russia’s third-largest steel company, Severstal, sanctioned by Ukraine following Russiaโ€™s 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Related applicants: His wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Alexander Lavlentsev

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะะปะตะบัะฐะฝะดั€ ะ›ะฐะฒะปะตะฝั†ะตะฒ

Year of birth: 1957

Application approved: 08.02.2019

Info: Founder of construction firm ARKS.

Alexander’s son, Vladimir, was the deputy governor of St Petersburg between 2013 and 2014, and then the chief federal inspector of Moscow from 2015 to 2018.

Related applicants: His wife and daughter also acquired Cypriot passports.

Sergei Lomakin

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

ะกะตั€ะณะตะน ะ›ะพะผะฐะบะธะฝ

Year of birth: 1973

Application approved: 31.03.2018

Info: Founder and owner of FixPrice dollar stores and owner of Cypriot football club Pafos FC and current Latvian champions, Riga FC. Reportedly showed an interest in buying a stake in Arsenal.

Put on Russiaโ€™s Federal Wanted List in September 2016 and was subsequently charged with embezzlement of a loan of $123m.

Andrey Mityukov

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

ะะฝะดั€ะตะน ะœะธั‚ัŽะบะพะฒ

Year of birth: 1967

Application approved: 25.05.2018

Info: Mityukov is on the board of directors at Russian steel company, Severstal, which has been sanctioned by Ukraine since Russiaโ€™s 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Andrey Molchanov

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

  

ะะฝะดั€ะตะน ะœะพะปั‡ะฐะฝะพะฒ

Year of birth: 1971

Application approved: 04.10.2017

Estimated net worth: $850m

Info: Represented the Leningrad Region in Russia’s upper chamber of parliament (2008-2013).

In January 2018, Molchanov made the United States Treasuryโ€™s “Oligarchs List” of persons who are close to Vladimir Putin.

His father, Yuri Molchanov, was the KGB resident at Leningrad State University, where Vladimir Putin worked as his assistant in 1990. They later became business partners.

Related applicants: Andreyโ€™s son and mother also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Vadim Moshkovich

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

  

ะ’ะฐะดะธะผ ะœะพัˆะบะพะฒะธั‡

Year of birth: 1967

Application approved: 15.02.2017

Estimated net worth: $1.7bn

Info: Member of the Federation Council, the upper chamber of Russiaโ€™s parliament, until October 2015.

Currently chairman of farming conglomerate Rusagro and reportedly Russia’s 57th richest person.

In 2018, Moshkovich made the United States Treasuryโ€™s “Oligarchs List” of persons who are close to Vladimir Putin.

Related applicants: His son, Evgeni, also acquired a Cypriot passport.

Damir Muginov

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะ”ะฐะผะธั€ ะœัƒะณะธะฝะพะฒ

Year of birth: 1966

Application approved: 27.12.2018

Info: In the same month that he received his Cypriot passport, Muginov became the focus of a criminal prosecution for land fraud.

A year later in July 2019, a district judge dropped the case against him without explanation.

Yury Obodovsky

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

ะฎั€ะธะน ะžะฑะพะดะพะฒัะบะธะน

Year of birth: 1970

Application approved: 07.05.2019

Info: Obodovsky is reportedly close to the former president of Russian Railways, Vladimir Yakunin, who is himself a long-time associate of Vladimir Putin.

Added to a Russian wanted list in October 2018 accused of paying bribes to cover up corrupt business contracts with state companies including Russian Railways.

Reportedly hiding out in “one of the most luxurious resorts in the United States”.

Under investigation when he acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Andrey Oskolkov

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะะฝะดั€ะตะน ะžัะบะพะปะบะพะฒ

Year of birth: 1964

Application approved: 23.10.2018

Info: Deputy of the state council for Russia’s Udmurt Republic (1999-2017).

Co-owner of the agro-industrial holdings company, Komos Group. In 2017 he was ranked 33rd in a Forbes list of Russia’s wealthy and powerful civil servants.

Related applicants: His wi

Maxim Poletaev

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะœะฐะบัะธะผ ะŸะพะปะตั‚ะฐะตะฒ

Year of birth: 1971

Application approved: 26.04.2017

Info: Deputy chairman of Sberbank until 2018. The Russian bank has been the target of US sanctions since September 2014.

Poletaev left Sberbank for RUSAL, an aluminium company owned by billionaire Oleg Deripaska.

Related applicants: Poletaev also sponsored his mother’s and and son’s application for Cypriot passports.

Andrey Puchkov

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะะฝะดั€ะตะน ะŸัƒั‡ะบะพะฒ

Year of birth: 1969

Application approved: 23.07.2018

Info: Former co-owner of real estate development company Urban Group.

A year after he received Cypriot citizenship, Puchkov fled Russia and was charged in absentia with abuse of power and defrauding investors in a failed building project.

Related applicants: Puchkov also bought Cypriot citizenship for his wife.

Igor Reva

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะ˜ะณะพั€ัŒ ะ ะตะฒะฐ

Year of birth: 1972

Application approved: 03.07.2018

Info: Russia’s deputy minister of economic development (2014-2017).

Related applicants: Reva’s wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Rishat Safin

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะ ะธัˆะฐั‚ ะกะฐั„ะธะฝ

Year of birth: 1963

Application approved: 27.09.2017

Info: Formerly held directorships at various oil companies including a subsidiary of Russian giant, Lukoil. He then shortly pursued a career as a pop musician.

His brother, Ralif Safin, was senator for the Siberian republic of Altai (2002-2014). He is reported to be one of Russia’s 200 richest businesspeople, with an estimated net worth of $500m.

Related applicants: Rishatโ€™s wife and two children also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Alexey Soldatov

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

 

ะะปะตะบัะตะน ะกะพะปะดะฐั‚ะพะฒ

Year of birth: 1951

Application approved: 07.05.2019

Info: Known as “Russia’s Steve Jobs”, Soldatov founded internet service provider Relcom in 1992 and was deputy minister of communications and mass media between (2008-2010).

In December 2019 Soldatov was placed under house arrest and charged with fraud on an especially large scale.

Related applicants: His wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Oleg Tinkov

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

  

ะžะปะตะณ ะขะธะฝัŒะบะพะฒ

Year of birth: 1967

Application approved: 24.04.2018

Estimated net worth: $2.6bn

Info: Founder of Tinkoff Bank, one of the world’s largest online banks, with around 8 million customers in Russia.

In March 2020 Tinkoff was indicted by a US court for filing false tax returns. He is alleged to have concealed $1bn of assets and income.

He was arrested in London and reportedly released on a bail of ยฃ20m (approximately $26.4m).

Tinkov is currently in the UK, receiving treatment for Leukaemia. An extradition hearing has been rescheduled for September 2020.

According to Forbes his wealth has increased by 63% during the Covid-19 pandemic from an estimated at $1.6bn to $2.6bn.

Related applicants: Tinkov sponsored the application of his son, who acquired Cypriot citizenship on 23.10.2018.

Victoria Vanurina

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

   

ะ’ะธะบั‚ะพั€ะธั ะ’ะฐะฝัƒั€ะธะฝะฐ

Year of birth: 1972

Application approved: 22.05.2018

Info: Member of the management board at VTB Bank. The state-owned bank has been targeted by US sanctions since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Vanurina is one of three senior executives from the bank who were all approved for Cypriot passports on the same day. They all invested in the Coral Seas property development.

Related applicants: Her husband also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Alexei Yakovitsky

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

   

ะะปะตะบัะตะน ะฏะบะพะฒะธั†ะบะธะน

Year of birth: 1975

Application approved: 22.05.2018

Info: CEO of VTB Capital PLC. The state-owned bank has been targeted by US sanctions since Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.

Yakovitsky is one of three senior executives from the bank who were all approved for Cypriot passports on the same day and all invested in the Coral Seas property development.

Related applicants: His wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Andrey Zhupanov

Russia ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ

  

ะะฝะดั€ะตะน ะ–ัƒะฟะฐะฝะพะฒ

Year of birth: 1971

Application approved: 19.12.2018

Info: Former deputy chairman of Promsvyazbank. Member of the board of directors of Vozrozhdenie Bank.

Two weeks after his Cypriot citizenship was confirmed, Promsvyazbank filed a lawsuit against Zhupanov and nine other former managers of the bank, along with the bank’s former owners, Dmitry and Alexei Ananiev, to recuperate $3.8bn.

The action against Zhupanov personally amounts to $562m.

Related applicants: Zhupanov’s wife, Maria Ochirova, acquired Cypriot citizenship. Her father was chief consultant to the minister of internal affairs and her mother sits on the public council of the FSB, Russia’s secret service.

Mohammed A. H. Jameel

Saudi Arabia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

 

Year of birth: 1958

Application approved: 07.05.2018

Estimated net worth: $5bn

Info: Board member of the Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority, a government body.

Jameel was awarded an honorary knighthood by Queen Elizabeth in 2014.

Dual citizenship is only allowed under Saudi law with official government approval.

Khalid Ahmed Al Juffali

Saudi Arabia ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

  

Year of birth: 1958

Application approved: 18.09.2018

Info: Member of the board of directors, Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency. Chairman of E. A. Juffali and Brothers, the largest privately-owned enterprise in Saudi Arabia.

Chairman of “KJC”, a privately held investment company which mainly operates in New York City.

Related applicants: Three of Juffali’s children also acquired Cypriot passports.

Dual citizenship is only allowed under Saudi law with official government approval.

Hussain Alnowais

United Arab Emirates ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช

 

Year of birth: 1956

Application approved: 07.05.2019

Info: Senior executive of several state-owned enterprises. On the board of directors of state-owned Emirates Steel and National Petroleum Construction Company “NPCC”.

Highly influential with close links to Abu Dhabi’s ruling family, he has negotiated trade agreements on behalf of the UAE government.

Dual citizenship is not recognised in the laws of the UAE and obtaining a second citizenship is grounds for the involuntary loss of UAE citizenship.

Oleg Bakhmatyuk

Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

  

ะžะปะตะณ ะ‘ะฐั…ะผะฐั‚ัŽะบ

Year of birth: 1974

Application approved: 25.05.2018

Estimated net wort: $1bn (2011)

Info: Former owner of VAB Bank and CEO of Ukrlandfarming Plc, Ukraine’s largest agricultural company.

Placed on a wanted list on November 22, 2019, for embezzlement of around $43m from the National Bank of Ukraine. Bakhmatyuk denies all the charges and says that the criminal case against him is โ€œa complete fabrication and politically motivatedโ€.

Bakhmatyuk was arrested in absentia in May 2020.

A month later the General Prosecutorโ€™s Office was ordered to close the criminal case against him. That decision has since been overturned and the case reopened.

He remains on the wanted list.

Related applicants: Oleg’s sister, Natalia Vasilyuk, who holds senior positions in his companies, also acquired Cypriot citizenship on the same day.

Under Ukrainian law it is illegal to hold a second citizenship

Liudmila Lebedeva

Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

 

ะ›ัŽะดะผะธะปะฐ ะ›ะตะฑะตะดั”ะฒะฐ

Year of birth: 1965

Application approved: 31.01.2018

Info: Wife of Ukraineโ€™s former defence minister, Pavlo Lebedev.

Pavlo is now a defendant in several criminal cases in Ukraine and lives in Russia-occupied Crimea. He is accused of using security forces to suppress the 2014 Euromaidan protests as well as stealing billions of dollars of military property and equipment between 2004 and 2014.

Related applicants: Their daughter also acquired Cypriot citizenship. Both she and Liudmila are joint owners of companies in Crimea.

Under Ukrainian law it is illegal to hold a second citizenship.

Vadim Shulman

Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

  

ะ’ะฐะดะธะผ ะจัƒะปัŒะผะฐะฝ

Year of birth: 1960

Application approved: 11.07.2019

Info: Oligarch who made his money in chemicals and telecoms. Shulman has headed Ukraine’s tennis federation and even paid for an auditorium named after him at Oxford University.

In July 2019 he was placed on a wanted list for money laundering, just two weeks after his Cypriot passport was approved. The Paradise Papers also reveal Shulmanโ€™s network of offshore companies.

Shulman also holds Russian and Israeli citizenship.

Under Ukrainian law it is illegal to hold a second citizenship.

Natalia Vasylyuk

Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

 

ะะฐั‚ะฐะปั–ั ะ’ะฐัะธะปัŽะบ

Year of birth: 1983

Application approved: 25.05.2018

Info: CEO and on the board of directors of Avangard Agrico, Europe’s largest producer of chicken eggs.

The company was founded by her brother, Oleg Bakhmatyuk, who also appears in the Cyprus Papers. As former head of the supervisory board of VAB Bank, she was placed on a wanted list on November 22, 2019 for assisting her brother with embezzlement and money laundering amounting to around $43m.

She acquired Cypriot citizenship on the same day as Bakhmatyuk.

Under Ukrainian law it is illegal to hold a second citizenship.

Anatoly Yakovynets

Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

ะะฝะฐั‚ะพะปั–ะน ะฏะบะพะฒะธะฝะตั†ัŒ

Year of birth: 1966

Application approved: 07.03.2017

Info: First deputy chief of Ukraineโ€™s tax police (2011-2014).

Head of financial investigations, Ministry of Revenue and Duties (2013).

Related applicants: Yakovynetโ€™s daughter also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Under Ukrainian law it is illegal to hold a second citizenship.

Mykola Zlochevsky

Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

    

ะœะธะบะพะปะฐ ะ—ะปะพั‡ะตะฒััŒะบะธะน

Year of birth: 1966

Application approved:: 01.12.2017

Estimated net Worth: $535m (2017)

Info: Minister for Natural Resources (2010-2012).
Member of the Security and Defence Council (2012-2014).

He has also been on a Russian sanctions list since November 2018

Owns Ukrainian gas and oil producers through his Cyprus registered company Burisma Holdings.

Zlochevsky has been investigated since 2012 for money laundering, tax evasion and since 2018 for theft of government funds.

In June 2020 Ukraine’s anti-corruption squad seized $6m of cash, which they claim was intended to bribe officials to close their investigation into Burisma.

Related applicants: Mykola’s daughters, Anna and Karina, also acquired Cypriot passports.

Under Ukrainian law it is illegal to hold a second citizenship.

Volodymyr Zubyk

Ukraine ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

  

ะ’ะพะปะพะดะธะผะธั€ ะ—ัƒะฑะธะบ

Year of birth: 1958

Application approved: 09.10.2018

Estimated net Worth: $95m (Forbes, 2020)

Info: Member of Ukraine’s national assembly the Verkhovna Rada (2006-2019), meaning he was an elected official at the time he acquired his Cypriot citizenship.

Related applicants: Zubyk’s wife and daughter also acquired Cypriot passports.

Under Ukrainian law it is illegal to hold a second citizenship.

Leonardo Gonzรกlez Dellรกn

Venezuela ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช

 

Year of birth: 1966

Application approved: 04.01.2019

Info: A former president of Banco Industrial de Venezuela, Dellan was sanctioned by the United States on January 8, 2019, four days after his golden passport was approved.

He is described as a “testaferro”, a front person for the Venezuelan state, accused of helping launder $2.4bn.

Phแบกm Phรบ Quแป‘c

Vietnam ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ

 

Year of birth: 1969

Application approved: 12.12.2018

Info: Pham is chair of the board of one of Vietnamโ€™s biggest trade companies, IPC.

He is also a member of Congress for Ho Chi Minh city.

Related applicants: Pham’s wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

Vietnamese politicians are banned from holding dual citizenship.

Phแบกm Nhแบญt Vลฉ

Vietnam ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ

   

Year of birth: 1973

Application approved: 06.05.2019

Info: Brother of โ€œVietnam’s first billionaireโ€, Pham Nhat Vu was charged and facing trial for bribery when his Cypriot passport was approved in May 2019. He was subsequently convicted and is currently serving a three year jail sentence in Vietnam.

Related applicants: His wife also acquired Cypriot citizenship.

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