« Putin Setting “brought from Russia via a network banks and shadow companies about $ 2 billion, according to the International consortium for investigative journalism (ICIJ)
The report of the International consortium of investigative journalism (ICIJ), which was published on April 3 states that people “out of the inner circle” of the President Russia, Vladimir Putin, was transferred through offshore companies at least $ 2 billion.
in his investigation of the journalists referred to the “unprecedented leak of millions of documents” from the database Mossack Fonseca, the world’s fourth largest offshore law firm.
While the president’s name does not appear in any of the documents, data show that the “friends of the President” made millions, according to a investigation.
The way offshore chain begins in Panama goes through Russia, Switzerland and ends in Cyprus, writes ICIJ.
The special attention in the documents relied upon by ICIJ, given “friend of Putin” Sergei Roldugin. He amassed a fortune worth at least $ 100 million, according to a investigation. Surname Roldugina called the president’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, anonsirovaya “stuffing information” against Putin last week. RBC detail told about Roldugin.
Roldugin called beneficiary According to the documents relied upon by the journalists syndicate in March 2008, one of the companies secret Roldugina received an option to buy a minority stake in KamAZ through the company “Autoinvest”. Chairman of the Board and principal owner of the bank, who ran “AVTOINVEST” was Putin’s adviser Ruben Vardanian said in the investigation.
Roldugin associated with KAMAZ, investigate the authors argue. According to them, “Troika Dialogue” in 2007, which owns a large stake in the company, transferred all rights to manage their company Avtoinvest Ltd (upravyavshey KAMAZ shares) offshore Avto Holdings Ltd, received the right to participate in the meeting Avtoinvest shareholders and take 95% dividend. 15% of this unknown offshore company owned Roldugin through his company Sonnette Overseas, journalists.
write Under the deal, the company Roldugina got the potential right to vote on all aspects of KamAZ operation, such as “approval of the business plan and budget” and agreement by which foreign corporations will be able to invest in the company, if the “Autoinvest” will receive its majority.
the authors of the investigation with reference to themselves in their possession documents also claim that, while “Russian Bank “owned 16% was established in the late 1990s, with the participation of Mikhail Lesin company Video International, the offshore company Roldugina, created with the help of the bank,” secretly “held another 12,5% Video International (currently VI).
The lawyer representing the VI, refused to answer questions ICIJ.
Source in the VI told RBC that Roldugin never participated in the management of the company. From the official comments to the agency refused.
Earlier this week, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Putin is prepared against the “information box stuffing,” which claims to sensationalism. According to him, about upcoming publications became known due to requests that were sent to the Kremlin media representatives. As noted Peskov, one such request is made by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism (ICIJ).
Peskov specified that journalists ICIJ interested in information about the President personally, his “family, childhood friends of businessmen (Kovalchuk, Rothenberg), about some offshore companies of businessmen who Putin and never seen ».
Sands reported that the number of requests submitted from some western news agency, concerned the famous cellist Roldugina, godfather Putin’s daughter and a friend of his youth. The second request is said Peskov, came from “a very well-known international news agency”, the name of which the president’s press secretary did not specify.
On Thursday, March 31 Sands returned to the theme of “Information stuffing.” Asked whether it prevented, managed Sands said that the Kremlin is “very closely” monitor “information situation.” He said that “we are talking about the campaign, coupled with attempts to destabilize the situation in the country».
On the same day, Reuters published an article about partner Arkady Rotenberg Gregory Bayes, which is approved by the Agency, transfer, or sell property several women, “associated with President Vladimir Putin.” As noted to Reuters, Baevsky previously did not cause a lot of attention, but his relations with Putin opened a journalist Roman Anin, who conducted the investigation for OCCRP.
A spokesman for the president, commenting RBC publication to Reuters, called it “one of the” information “stuffing” of which the Kremlin said earlier. When asked whether the president’s administration to investigate the real estate transfer facts, Peskov replied in the negative.
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