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How a playground for the rich could undermine sanctions on oligarchs

By David D. Kirkpatrick, Mona El-Naggar and Michael Forsythe
New York Times·
11 mins to read

Allies of President Vladimir Putin, arriving on private jets and yachts, are still welcome in the UAE, which has yet to condemn the Ukraine invasion or enforce sanctions.

Stretching into the Persian Gulf from the beaches and skyscrapers of Dubai is a man-made archipelago in the shape of a vast palm tree, its branchlike rows of islands lined with luxury hotels, apartments and villas.

Among the owners of those homes are two dozen close allies of President Vladimir Putin of

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