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«In addition to the ex-minister in the case of laundering illegally acquired funds is a group of people, including her brother and his brother’s wife,” – said the agency interlocutor familiar with the situation. Other details of the source of Interfax did not lead.
In a conversation with RBC Elena Skrynnik fact denied claims by the Swiss prosecutor’s office and to themselves and to their family members. “I will declare that I have no accounts in Switzerland not. And the money these are not. And at this point. ” In addition, Skrynnik said that her brother Leonid Novitsky no wife. “My brother is not married, he is a very eligible bachelor – racer, champion of the world. He’s never married, can marry at least every day, “- said Skrynnik.
A day earlier, on October 28, Interfax citing informed sources said that in the case of money laundering, Elena Skrynnik in its accounts were arrested assets worth 60 million Swiss francs. Skrynnik categorically denied the authenticity of this information, but in the evening on October 28 the Swiss prosecutor’s office confirmed that the investigation is in relation to the Russian ex-minister.
The Swiss prosecutor’s office conducts criminal proceedings against Skrynnik since the beginning of 2013. “The prosecutor’s office is a case against a former Russian minister and several other defendants, in connection with which we are certain assets confiscated.” – Said the representative of the Swiss Prosecutor Linda von Burg.
Von Burg also said that Switzerland had applied for legal aid to the Russian colleagues, which has not yet been provided.
A criminal case was opened under § 2 st.305.2 the Swiss Penal Code, said von Burg – money laundering is aggravated. Punishment under this article may include imprisonment for up to five years and a fine of 500 daily wages.
Skrynnik held the post of head of the Ministry of Agriculture from March 2009 to May 2012. In April 2012, the company “Rosagroleasing” revealed corruption, and one of the defendants in the case was a former slave Skrynnik – former director of the department of administrative work of Agriculture Oleg Don. Officer accused of embezzling large budget allocated “Rosagroleasing” in 2007-2009. Skrynnik itself in 2001 and to the destination in gov- ernment in 2009, held the position of CEO of the company.
Later, the main accused of the case “Rosagroleasing” became deputy Skrynnik Aleksey Bazhanov. In April 2013 he was arrested on suspicion of theft from the scheme “Rosagroleasing” 1 billion rubles. Then Skrynnik was questioned in the case “Rosagroleasing” as a witness.
In January 2014, the case of fraud on a large scale against Bazhanov was changed to a soft article – “Fraud in the area of entrepreneurship.” Bazhanov subsequently fell under the so-called economic amnesty and was released from custody. In March 2014 the former official was the international wanted list: according to the investigation, he fled to Switzerland to decide on a preventive measure.
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