Russian Oligarch’s $17 Billion Fortune Reached an Off-Campus LSU Dorm

Viktor Vekselberg invested in a Louisiana apartment complex, highlighting how far Russian wealth has spread across the U.S.

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Russia’s ultra-rich amassed such vast fortunes -- some $330 billion before the Ukraine war -- that their money was bound to turn up in unexpected places.

For example, an off-campus apartment complex for Louisiana State University students that boasts “the largest pool in Baton Rouge.”