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FSB's expanding power transforms Russia into 'FSB State' ahead of elections
Le Monde·RU · UA·about 14 hours ago
Ilya Traber's companies owed ~7.5B rubles to Bank Saint Petersburg, linked to FSB and top leadership, before his arrest. Loans partly funded Primorsk port development; during arrest he transferred his stake to a partner, now pledged to bank structures. This suggests financial entanglement between a detained businessman and security-state banking interests, raising questions about the arrest's motives.