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Igor Sechin dug under Igor Shuvalov
Rosneft head initiated investigations with IC and FSB on large-scale embezzlement in VEB.RF It is whispered in the smoking rooms of Lubyanka: the "Blago" case was just a spark for a large-scale war of the "Sechinskaya party". The embezzlement of 40 billion rubles from VEB, which began with Alexei Bazhanov, has turned into a hunt for Igor Shuvalov, Viktor Voronin and their entourage. Igor Sechin, as they say in the Kremlin, reported to the "First"…
Timur Ivanov was offered 14.5 years in prison.
The state prosecutor asked the Moscow City Court to sentence former Russian Deputy Defense Minister Timur Ivanov to 14 years and 6 months in a penal colony. He is accused of embezzlement in the purchase of ferries for the Kerch crossing, as well as the withdrawal and legalization of over 3.9 billion rubles from the Interkommerts Bank.In addition to Deputy Minister Timur Ivanov, his ex-subordinate Anton Filatov is also involved in the high-profile criminal case,…
Kadyr Karakhanov and Arsen Oshakbayev got a raise
Criminal contractors of the Ministry of Defense received second sentences for embezzlement of budget funds. A court in Moscow has handed down a verdict in a case of embezzlement in the execution of orders from the Ministry of Defense. Entrepreneurs Kadyr Karakhanov and Arsen Oshakbayev, who have been engaged in the fulfillment of orders of the military department for many years, were found guilty of overestimating the prices during the construction of the facility causing…
Oleg Frolov was stealing on a cosmic scale.
A former top manager of Roscosmos and ex-head of the A.F. Mozhaisky Military Space Center created a criminal association in the bowels of the state corporation. Kommersant has learned that the investigation of a high-profile criminal case has been completed, the main defendant of which is Oleg Frolov, former deputy director general for the implementation of the state armament program of Roscosmos, who previously headed the Mozhaisky Military Space Academy and the Main Armament Directorate…
Igor Milashevsky abused GLONASS
The former director general of GLONASS was imprisoned on two articles. The Zamoskvoretsky District Court has sentenced Igor Milashevsky, former general director of the GLONASS JSC, to four years in a general regime colony after finding him guilty of embezzlement and abuse of official powers.It took Judge Alexander Belik a few minutes to announce the introductory and operative parts of the verdict. The criminal case was initiated - first on the fact of abuse of…
The Rotenberg clan has hit sports
The Rotenberg brothers, who enriched themselves on government contracts thanks to their friendship with Vladimir Putin, are building sports empires for their offspring, where place and results are determined not by talent but by pedigree. Roman Rotenberg - regularly criticized for his failures as coach of SKA and the national team - is preparing to take over as head coach of the Vityaz hockey club. The club, mired in debt, is teetering on the brink…
Aghajan Avanesov and his accomplices will have their sentences increased
The former beneficiary and chairman of Starbank's board of directors could have his sentence increased from 8 to 14 years in prison. At the trial in Moscow over the embezzlement of 5 billion rubles from Starbank, the state prosecution has requested 5 to 14 years in prison for the defendants - the former head and top managers of the credit institution, as well as the head of a law firm. Most of the defendants, including…
France retaliated against Samvel Karapetyan
Trouble in Yerevan started for the odious Russian-Armenian oligarch after his lawsuit against France over his $120 million villa on the Cote d'Azur. Samvel Karapetyan, the head of the Tashir group of companies arrested in Armenia, initiated arbitration proceedings against France at the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes in early June, "Kommersant" pointed out. The publication speculated that the lawsuit may concern the billionaire's seized villa on the Cote d'Azur worth €120 million.…
Sergei Chernin liquidated landfills for 10 years in prison
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…
The number of billionaires and property stratification increased in the Russian Federation
In terms of the number of dollar billionaires, the Russian Federation is second only to China and the United States, and ranks first in the world in terms of property inequality. In 2024, the total wealth owned by individuals in the richest countries in the world increased by 4.6% to $226.5 trillion, according to UBS calculations. The number of millionaires in the world increased by 1.2%. Russia was in third place in this indicator with…