Russian banker loses £9m London home in legal fight with Moscow
Court rules Russian state creditors own house of Sergei Pugachev, who claims Putin wants to kill him theguardian.com/world/2018/oct…
Court rules Russian state creditors own house of Sergei Pugachev, who claims Putin wants to kill him theguardian.com/world/2018/oct…
"Sergei Pugachev, who was once close to Putin but is now his bitter adversary, had opposed the sale of his one-time home in Chelsea. His former partner Alexandra Tolstoy and their three young children still live in the property and will now have to move out by January."
"He co-ran Putin’s first election campaign but by 2011 relations with the president had soured" "Russia’s state deposit agency, the DIA, accuses Pugachev of siphoning off hundreds of millions of dollars from a bailout of Mezhprombank, a bank he co-founded in the 1990s. "
"Putin personally told me of his plan to acquire Chelsea football club in order to increase his influence and raise Russia’s profile, not only with the ruling class but also with the ordinary British people,” Pugachev said"
Last year, a High Court judge in London ruled that Pugachev hid millions of pounds in five “sham” trusts to mislead third parties and shelter his wealth. ft.com/content/c03b24…
