A high-profile extortion trial in Russia of a former federal minister has officially crossed over into the realm of the absurd. What began as a sting operation involving a suitcase containing $2 million in cash has ended up revealing the seamiest underbelly of the Russian oil industry: the home-made sausages of Rosneft’s notorious CEO Igor Sechin.
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Karina Orlova: Sechin’s sausages
Igor Sechin, the CEO of oil giant Rosneft, waits for the start of a meeting of Russia's President with Saudi Deputy Crown Prince and Defence Minister at the Kremlin in Moscow on May 30.
