The ex-partner of a Russian tycoon said that the way Putin and his inner circle rule is ruthless. During the eight years she was with Sergei Pugachev, she got a front-row look at Putin. They all hate each other. They are very competitive. She told CNN that they don't trust each other. The ex-partner of Sergei Pugachev, who was also known as Russian President Vladimir Putin's former banker, said that Putin and his inner circle were ruthless. Putin is like any dictator, he rules through dividing rules. They all hate each other. They are very competitive. She said of Putin and his inner circle that they don't trust each other. She said that it was ruthless. Pugachev, who founded international bank Mezhoprombank in 1992, used to speak to Putin almost every day. Pugachev is no longer one of Putin's top aides after the two had a falling out. He was accused of swindling funds from Mezhoprombank and was subject to a freezing order over his assets after the Kremlin pushed a campaign through London's High Court. In the wake of threats from the Kremlin and fears that the UK government and Russia were preparing to extradite him, Pugachev fled to London in 2011. The couple share three children and were together for eight years. In the CNN interview, Tolstoy described their world as having crazy, insane wealth and a lack of normal human morals. The couple's relationship is a subject of a documentary called "The Countess and the Russian Banker" which is now streaming on the internet. The collapse of the Soviet Union gave rise to immense wealth and political influence for the ligarchs. After Putin came to power in 1999, he promised to crack down on government corruption, but a new generation of oligarchs progressed through the system. Western sanctions have been imposed because of their influence over the Kremlin. 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