Although Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to praise his former aide and the leader of the Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, he couldn't conceal his lingering resentment toward him.

In recent years, the United Arab Emirates has garnered notoriety for its involvement in money laundering, tax evasion, and serving as a safe haven for corrupt businessmen worldwide.

The United States is trying to fill more trade gaps that the UAE gives to merchants to support Russia in the supply of goods through Dubai ports in light of Western sanctions imposed on Moscow.

A report by Transparency International UK revealed that personalities close to Russia, own thousands of properties in Britain, despite the sanctions.

Over the course of 2020, nearly twenty prominent Russian figures died in uncertain circumstances, and in varying ways on almost every continent of the world.