Anna Tsivilyova, the wife of the governor of Russia's Kemerovo region, happens to be the daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin's cousin, according to a new report from the investigative outlet Agentstvo. What's more, according to the journalists' findings, she and her husband acquired a major stake in one of Russia's biggest coal companies thanks to the generosity of one of Putin's oldest friends -- billionaire Gennady Timchenko. Though the coal company, Kolmar, had financial troubles in the past, it has since been propped up by the Russian government.
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