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We talked to Sergei Pugachev, Vladimir Putin’s former adviser, to discover what his story could tell us about the Russian president’s affairs. “Putin expropriated my assets for 20 billion, and he thinks that I should be like a bank, so in that sense I’m not even a banker, but Putin’s bank.” Click here to listen to his full interview which goes live today at 3.30 pm (CET): https://youtu.be/sJ4Yp5ZJNsg | swissinfo | Facebook