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[6] The society united their dachas in Solovyovka, Priozersky District of Leningrad Oblast, on the eastern shore[b] of Lake Komsomolskoye[c] on the Karelian Isthmus, near Saint Petersburg, Russia.[7][8] Vladimir Putin returned from his KGB posting in Dresden in early 1990, prior to the formal establishment of the Ozero cooperative, and acquired property on the banks of Lake Komsomolskoye.[10] By 2012, members of the Ozero cooperative had assumed top positions in Russian government and business and become very successful financially.[7][11][12] The table includes alleged net worth or annual compensation[9][10][13] Purportedly the firm Rif-Security[d] provides security for the Ozero Dacha Community.Karen Dawisha, director of the Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University, concluded that "in Russia a cooperative arrangement is another way for Putin to avoid being given money directly, while enjoying the wealth shared among co-owners".