Sergei Roldugin

Sergei Roldugin
Roldugin in Palmyra, May 2016
Born
Sergei Pavlovich Roldugin

(1951-09-28) 28 September 1951 (age 73)
NationalityRussian
Occupation(s)Cellist and businessman
Known forPanama Papers
Spouses
  • Irina Nikitina
  • Elena Mirtova

Sergei Pavlovich Roldugin (Russian: Сергей Павлович Ролдугин, born 28 September 1951 Sakhalin[1][2]) is a Russian cellist and businessman based in St Petersburg. He is a close friend of Vladimir Putin. He has been implicated in several money laundering and offshore wealth schemes for Russian elites. Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the European Union sanctioned Roldugin.[3]

  1. ^ "Sergey Roldugin - Saint Petersburg Music House". eng.spdm.ru. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Сергей Ролдугин". Mariinsky.ru. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
  3. ^ Woodman, Spencer (2 March 2022). "How a network of enablers have helped Russia's oligarchs hide their wealth abroad: Elites close to Vladimir Putin have funneled billions through tax havens to evade scrutiny and oversight. Lawyers, proxies and bankers across the world made it possible". International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.