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As Putin rose to power as Russia’s supreme leader (lãnh đạo tối cao) and Roldugin made a name for himself as a classical cellist and conductor (nhạc trưởng, người chỉ huy dàn nhạc), the two remained close. Roldugin has performed for Putin and high-profile guests at the president’s official residence and has given media interviews that softened Putin’s fearsome (sợ sệt) image.

Now a leak of secret documents (rò rỉ tài liệu mật) reveals (tiết lộ) another, hidden side of their friendship.

The records show Roldugin is a behind-the-scenes player in a clandestine (bí mật) network operated by Putin associates that has shuffled at least $2 billion through banks and offshore companies,

...A company linked to the cellist also grabbed secret influence over Russia’s largest truck maker, another snagged a big slice of Russia’s TV advertising industry.

...The leaked documents come from the files of Mossack Fonseca, a Panama-based law firm that registered some of the Roldugin companies and helped administer the network’s holdings in the British Virgin Islands and other offshore havens.

...There is Roldugin, who is godfather to Putin’s eldest daughter. Then there is Yury Kovalchuk, a banker who forged links with the future president when Putin was a municipal official, and Arkady Rotenberg, a childhood chum (bạn thân, người ở chung phòng) who has become a billionaire through state-sponsored construction projects (dự án xây dựng của nhà nước), oil pipelines (đường ống dẫn dầu) and other ventures.

Many of the men linked to the network, including Putin, share something else in common besides history. They are connected to the St. Petersburg-based Bank Rossiya, which the U.S. government has identified as Putin’s personal cashbox.