Russia's opposition party,
People's Freedom Party, has produced a report accusing Prime Minister Vladimir Putin of presiding over a boom in corruption and enriching his inner circle over the past decade. The report, titled
"Putin.Corruption," was authored by former First Deputy Prime Minister
Boris Nemtsov, former State Duma Deputy
Vladimir Ryzhkov, and former Deputy Energy Minister
Vladimir Milov.
The report details how once relatively obscure businessmen used their ties to Russia's powerful prime minister to amass personal fortunes over the past decade. Nemtsov says the general public is largely unaware that people like Swiss-based oil trader
Gennady Timchenko, Putin's former judo partner
Arkady Rotenberg, and Bank of Russia boss
Yuri Kovalchuk enriched themselves due to their ties to Putin.
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