New Asset Tracker Monitors Wealth of Russian Oligarchs, Putin’s Allies

Luxury yacht "Eclipse," belonging to Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, is docked at the Aegean coastal resort of Marmaris, Turkey, on March 22, 2022. Fatih Cetin/AFP via Getty Images

A nonprofit network dedicated to exposing organized crime recently launched the Russian Asset Tracker, a consolidated database of assets held by prominent Russian oligarchs and key figures with close ties to President Vladimir Putin.

The initiative, headed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) in collaboration with 27 media outlets, was conceived in February 2022 as Russia began massing forces near the Ukrainian border.