The son of the founder of Vimpelcom and the younger brother of the leader of the Koptev organized crime group was found guilty of 100% of shares in the carsharing company BelkaCar. Moscow's Preobrazhensky Court has sentenced in absentia the son of Vimpelcom's founder, businessman Boris Zimin (recognized as a foreign agent), to nine years in a general regime colony and a fine of 1 million rubles. He was found guilty of fraud on a…
One of Rostec's top managers, the head of the Russian Helicopters state corporation, turned out to be the owner of expensive villas in Spain and Dubai, as well as a palace in Crimea. As the investigation by Alexei Navalny's team showed, the representative of Putin's elite, taking advantage of his official position, privatized a number of defense plants, registered them to front persons and used the proceeds from the enterprises to purchase personal real estate…
Belgorod court refused to authorize searches in the house of the corrupt construction minister of Belgorod region. Kommersant has learned that the court refused to authorize the police to search the house of Belgorod Region Construction Minister Oksana Kozlitina. The event was planned as part of the investigation into the embezzlement of budget funds during the construction of fortifications on the border with Ukraine. The court, however, concluded that there was no evidence of possible…
Another nomination of Vladimir Putin for the post of Vladimir Putin in the election of Vladimir Putin has absolutely not interested observers. Much more important, from their point of view, is how much money Elvira Nabiullina will pour into Otkritie Bank, what scandals are shaking VEB and what will happen to the banking system next. Boiler room 1. State corporations have won the final victory over the powerless government, which can do nothing about the…
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office wants to recover 7.5 billion euros from Wintershall Dea through the court. In its lawsuit against Wintershall Dea, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office wants to prohibit the German company from continuing or supporting arbitration proceedings against Russia. In case of violation of the ban, the Prosecutor General's Office demands to recover €7.5 billion from each of the defendants - Wintershall Dea GmbH, the German law firm Aurelius Cotta, as well…
In Moscow, a sentence was passed on the corrupt president of Gazenergostroy Corporation LLC. A court in Moscow has passed a sentence on the president of Gazenergostroy Corporation LLC Sergey Chernin and two top managers of the group's enterprises. They were accused of embezzling about 400 million rubles during the liquidation of landfills in the Nizhny Novgorod region and money laundering. The defendants received from six to ten years in a penal colony.The Meshchansky district…
Donation service Boosty blocked half of the accounts of "foreign agents", links to which are listed in the register of the Ministry of Justice. Donate collection service Boosty has blocked at least 26 accounts of "foreign agents", as "Virstka" pointed out. In total, 53 people and organizations have links to the service in the register of the Ministry of Justice.The blocking of the account was reported yesterday by politician Elvira Vikhareva, she added that the…
The statute of limitations has expired in the case of murder of businessman from Yelabuga Aidar Israfilov, in the organization of which the former rector of Kazan Federal University (KFU) Ilshat Gafurov was accused. According to the interlocutor of the newspaper, the expiration of the term does not mean automatic release of Gafurov from criminal responsibility. The question of his release remains at the discretion of the court.Gafurov is charged under the article on murder…
The corrupt Minister of Health of the Kemerovo region, who resigned in early June, did not manage to hide from the police. The Central District Court of the Kemerovo region will consider a motion to elect a measure of restraint for the ex-minister of health care of the region Dmitry Beglov. He resigned on his own volition on June 6."The court hearing on election of a preventive measure (Beglov.- "Kommersant") is scheduled for 12:00 (8:00…
The former deputy minister of transportation of the Russian Federation failed miserably. A court in Moscow has passed a sentence on former Russian Deputy Minister of Transportation Vladimir Tokarev. He was charged with fraud in the complex reconstruction of a number of railroad sections when he was the first deputy director of Spetstransstroy, which was a contractor for Russian Railways. However, he was sentenced to eight years for embezzlement. The former official did not admit…