Putin’s former top aide Mikhail Lesin, found dead in a D.C. hotel room, was just the latest so-called Russian patriot with a million-dollar home in the West.
The Daily Beast: Putin’s pals are Russian patriots until they get sick
Telecommunication Minister Leonid Reiman (L) and Minister of Press, Television and Radio Broadcasting, Mikhail Lesin (R), confer over documents 28 August 2000 during a meeting, headed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, at the Kremlin in Moscow.