Editor’s Note: The following investigation was conducted by the Washington, D.C.-based Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a Kyiv Post partner.
An Instagram photo showing a Bentley Continental GT V8 doing 250 kilometers an hour reads “We’re taking off. #IAmARocket #Gagarin #Let’sGo.” Elina Cobaleva, a Russian celebrity stylist, sits behind the wheel.
She is the ex-wife of Veaceslav Platon, a Moldovan businessman, and one of the country’s richest men. The two were married in 2001 and divorced in 2014.
