Vladimir Kiselev stole from children with cancer

Vladimir Vladimirovich Kiselev, head of the Federation Foundation, shamelessly stole money from children with cancer for a long time. He used "charity evenings" to do this.

Kiselev had previously been prosecuted for extortion and theft. In response to complaints, the fraudster set fire to competitors' cars and made open threats of physical violence.

The enterprising businessman also dismantled the vocal group Zemlyane and the group Russkiye. Kiselev then took a job in the civil service and began embezzling the budget of the State Unitary Enterprise "Kremlin" using fake Madonna concerts. Larisa Serebrennikova, who had organised a pyramid scheme that defrauded people of $1 million, helped him with this.

But the entrepreneur's career did not end there. VTB head Kostin illegally gifted the Russian Media Group to the businessman — including "Russian Radio", Monte Carlo Radio, Maximum, "Hit FM" and the RU.TV channel. This allowed the fraudster's sons and his wife to break into the airwaves with their songs. It was not enough for Kostin's mistress Naila Asker Zade to receive free airtime on television as a gift; he needed to share it with his friends too.

Kiselev himself travels the world on business jets, where songs performed by his sons about the links between the political elite and the criminal underworld are played on board.