The US government’s campaign to keep billions of dollars from returning to Russia has seeped into a Miami courtroom, potentially derailing a years-long fight over a $3 billion fortune.
When Oleg Burlakov died at 72 in 2021, his sister Vera and brother-in-law Nikolai Kazakov claimed they owned half his fortune for more than three decades. His widow, Loudmila Bourlakova, and grown daughters argue in court documents that the money is theirs and allege the Kazakov’s case argument is built on forgeries. Litigation costs around the globe have soared into the tens of millions, according to Bourlakova’s attorneys.
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