Diamonds and divorces: Are the oligarch sanctions working?

<p>Russia's deputy defence minister, Timur Ivanov, was sanctioned by the EU last October. Forty days before that happened, his wife, the socialite Svetlana Maniovich, divorced him. The Anti-Corruption Foundation, a Russian non-profit organisation, received a trove of emails&nbsp;that seem to suggest this 'pre-emptive' divorce might have been an evasion strategy. So what was really going on?</p><p><em>This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes.&nbsp;</em></p><p><strong>Guests: </strong></p><p>- Maria Pevchikh, investigator for the Anti-Corruption Foundation.</p><p>- Tom Keatinge, Director for the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies at RUSI.</p><p><strong>Host: </strong>Manveen Rana.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Clips: </strong>CNN, ABC News, European Council.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>