Image copyright RIA Novosti The founder of bankrupt Mezhprombank, a former senator from Tuva Sergei Pugachev submitted to the Russian claim for $ 10 billion in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague.
Representative Pugachev Dmitry Morochenko confirmed the filing of the claim, RBC daily. Earlier this Reuters reported, citing an anonymous source close to the businessman.
At home Pugachev absentia arrested on charges of embezzlement and illegal withdrawal of funds Mezhprombank, the damage from which, presumably, was up to 100 billion rubles ( $ 1.5 billion). He himself has denied the allegations, accusing the Russian authorities for the destruction of his bank to take away his most important assets.
Mezhprombank was founded in 1992 and quickly became one of the largest banks in the country. Then the media wrote that it held deposits close relatives of President Boris Yeltsin. Pugachev, who is often called the “banker of the Kremlin”, said earlier in the interview that led to power of Vladimir Putin and now regrets it.
Problems with Mezhprombank began after the 2008 crisis and the bankruptcy was declared in 2010 th. Businessman left Russia in 2011, a few years living in Britain but moved to France in the summer. In 2015, Russia submitted documents to the UK, requiring the extradition of the former head of the bank.
Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague in 2014 ordered Russia to pay almost $ 50 billion to companies affiliated with the former shareholders of Yukos. Russia expressed its disagreement with the decision and refused to implement it. In June, as part of this case have been temporarily arrested several accounts of Russian embassies and missions.
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