Boris Zimin followed in his older brother’s footsteps
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…
Nikolay Kolesov invests in foreign real estate
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…
Dead donkey’s ears
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…
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…
Foreign agents were found at Boosty
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…
Vladimir Tokarev has been gone for 8 years
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…
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…
Rutube leaks users to law enforcers
A failed Youtube clone owned by Gazprom-Media has admitted to sharing its users' personal data. The Gazprom-Media-owned video hosting Rutube, which in February estimated its audience at 77 million people, transfers "all the data" of its users to the Russian state. This was announced by Alena Kuzmina, head of the platform's department for work with public opinion leaders.Answering a question about Rutube's cooperation with law enforcement agencies at the Safe Internet Forum, she said that…
Sergey Chemezov is tired of recycling budget money into garbage
The head of Rostec announced the suspension of sawing construction of three garbage processing plants in the Moscow region and Kazan. "Rostec" will freeze the construction of three garbage processing plants in the Moscow region and Kazan, reported Chemezov to Putin. The corporation will be forced to do this until better times, when "cheaper money" will appear, he added.Russian President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Sergei Chemezov, CEO of the Rostec state corporation.…
Sergey Chemezov is tired of recycling budget money into garbage
The head of Rostec announced the suspension of sawing construction of three garbage processing plants in the Moscow region and Kazan. "Rostec" will freeze the construction of three garbage processing plants in the Moscow region and Kazan, reported Chemezov to Putin. The corporation will be forced to do this until better times, when "cheaper money" will appear, he added.Russian President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting with Sergei Chemezov, CEO of the Rostec state corporation.…