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Born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Prez was convinced to attack Ukraine by Russian billionaire Yuriy Kovalchuk," Israeli media reported.

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According to an unnamed former officer of Moscow's secret services, the entrepreneur and the politician are very close.

"They spend a lot of time together. Kovalchuk, in conversations with the head of state, has constantly hinted to him that the West is weak, that with a war against Ukraine, Russia will prove itself as the first power in the world and protect its national security and territorial sovereignty," he also wrote edition citing its source.

"The talks were held in 2020. At that time, the master of the Kremlin had isolated himself from the outside world because of the coronavirus pandemic, which covered the Earth," Migneuz added.

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"The two are almost the same age - the oligarch is 71 and the president is 70. They were born in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Kovalchuk and Putin most likely met in the early 1990s, when they became neighbors in an elite villa settlement in the Priozersky district, near St. Petersburg," added the media from the Middle Eastern country.

"Kovalchuk owns the main block of shares in one of the largest banks in his country, Rossiya. He also has shares in the social network VKontakte and media groups. The billionaire became the owner of a wine production plant in the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula occupied in 2014 Crimea," Migneuz said.

"Due to his closeness to the President of Russia, Kovalchuk is called Banker Putin," the media pointed out.

"According to Kremlin opposition circles, the billionaire is the second person in Russia after the country's president," the publication added.

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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