STOP! DON'T MISS OUT

Sign up to receive our free Watchdog email newsletter, a weekly investigation in inequality from Public Integrity.

Use the unsubscribe link in those emails to opt out at any time.

Posted inHealth

Russia’s cigarette king practices strategic giving

In post-Soviet Russia, the right connections can mean success in business. And in the country’s lucrative retail tobacco trade, Igor Kesaev has set a new standard for success. Kesaev runs the multifaceted Mercury Group, with interests in everything from weapons manufacturing to real estate. Now he’s also Russia’s cigarette king, with an unprecedented 70-percent share […]