Putin’s money courier splashes $6.5 million on pedigree Italian violins

Putin’s money courier splashes $6.5 million on pedigree Italian violins

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norman lebrecht

December 06, 2020

It is reported that the cellist Sergei Roldugin who was revealed in the Panama Papers to be a Putin launderer, has spent $6.5 million on four 18th century violins that are credited to Giuseppe Guarneri, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, Tommaso Balestrieri and Gaetano Pasta.

Roldugi bought them from Edwulstrad rmic ltd, a Swiss company belonging to Eduard Wolfson.

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