A Moscow court arrested a billionaire from the US Treasury's "Kremlin list"

In Moscow, a court took businessman and co-owner of the Summa group Ziyavudin Magomedov into custody for two months. He is on the US Treasury Department’s “Kremlin list” of those “close” to Russian President Vladimir Putin, against whom the American government may impose sanctions. As he writes MeduzaThe businessman is suspected of organizing a criminal community and of fraud on a large scale. Before being detained, Magomedov planned to fly to Miami.

Ziyavudin Magomedov got into “Kremlin list” released by the US presidential administration in January 2018. The US government may apply sanctions to persons on this list. There are 210 people on the “List”, of which 114 are officials and parliamentarians, 96 are oligarchs. In particular, it mentions representatives of the Russian Presidential Administration, the State Duma and the Federation Council, as well as all members of the government headed by Dmitry Medvedev, members of the Security Council, heads of federal agencies, as well as heads of the largest Russian enterprises, whose fortune is estimated at $1 billion. .USA or more.

What is he suspected of?

Ziyavudin Magomedov, his brother Magomed Magomedov and Artur Maksidov, heads of the Intex company from the Summa group, are suspected of fraud on an especially large scale and organizing a criminal community (part 4 of article 159, article 210 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation; the maximum penalty for the second article is 20 years of imprisonment). The Magomedovs, according to the press service of the court, are also suspected of embezzlement (part 4 of article 160). According to investigators, they are involved in the theft of budget funds.

Russian media write that Magomedov is being persecuted in a case related to the theft of 752 million rubles during the construction of the Arena Baltika stadium in Kaliningrad.

Investigative actions in the office of the company Magomedov began to conduct another 30 of March. Then, according to The Bell, he planned to fly to the United States, despite the fact that he is among the people against whom America intends to impose sanctions. At night, it became known that the businessman and several other people were detained and left for the night in the detention center at Petrovka, 38. On Saturday in the Tverskoy court they said that the investigation was petitioning for his arrest.

What did they talk about in court

During the meeting to select a preventive measure, the investigation and the prosecution announced that Ziyavudin Magomedov was suspected of embezzling 2,5 billion rubles. The thefts were allegedly carried out by companies belonging to the Summa group. The location of the missing money has not been established: the investigation believes that most of it was transferred to offshore companies.

Demanding Magomedov’s arrest, the investigator indicated that the businessman had his own plane, that he was going to fly to Miami, and that he could use “extensive connections in criminal circles to escape and influence the investigation.”

The defense claimed that there was no indication in the materials that Magomedov committed crimes.

Magomedov himself said that he categorically denies the charges. By his words, he invested billions of rubles in the companies mentioned at the trial. “It would be strange to steal from yourself,” he said.

He also stated that he really wanted to fly away with his US family to have surgery, and planned to return in a week.

The defense offered to release Magomedov on bail, equal to the alleged damage - 2,5 billion rubles. The court granted the request of the investigation and arrested the businessman.

Who is Magomedov?

Magomedov is a Russian billionaire whose fortune Forbes estimates at $1,4 billion. The Summa Group is a holding company with assets in port logistics, engineering, construction, telecommunications and oil and gas sectors. It is considered one of the most opaque holdings in Russia.

Magomedov is considered close to Dmitry Medvedev, during whose presidency they received orders for the construction of a football stadium in Samara and the reconstruction of the Bolshoi Theater. During Medvedev's presidency, Magomedov's fortune grew sharply. If in 2009 Finance magazine estimated his fortune at $70 million, then in 2010 it was already at 800 million.

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