@LouiseMensch @911CORLEBRA777 Thread - Princess Margaret’s son, the Earl of Snowden, David Linley, is the second royal to announce divorce proceedings. A line in one report caught my eye because it involves an RU oligarch who was once close to Putin and now fears for his life.
"David's away so much in Russia and the States making money [with his bespoke furniture business] that she'll be making another life for herself if he's not careful.” eonline.com/au/news/112597…
Linley’s business in Russia includes furnishing and design of two penthouses and six luxury apartments in a SW Moscow gated community called Knightsbridge Private Park. davidlinley.com/interior-desig…
Russian PM Mikhail Mishustin’s sister, Natalya Stenina, is listed as owner of an expensive apartment in the same development, along with other valuable real estate assets. BBC Russia said it established Stenina’s ownership through an internal Federal Tax Service database...
with access to Russians’ personal data. Publicly available property documents show that the 170 sq m apartment is owned by the Russian Federation.
themoscowtimes.com/2020/01/23/new…
themoscowtimes.com/2020/01/23/new…
To establish his business in Russia, Linley borrowed £400,000 from an oligarch known as the former ‘cashier to the Kremlin’, Sergei Pugachev – the founder of Mezhprombank. At one stage, Pugachev owned 40 per cent of parent company David Linley Holdings and was on Linley’s board.
Source: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2…
Pugachev co-ran Putin’s first election campaign but by 2011 relations with the president had soured and Pugachev moved to London. Pugachev is suing the Russian Federation in The Hague for $15bn.
Pugachev said his creditors – Russia’s central bank, and two large industrial conglomerates “belonged to Putin and were controlled by him personally”. theguardian.com/world/2018/oct…
Putin accused Pugachev, 52, of embezzling millions of dollars. An Interpol arrest warrant was issued for him at Moscow’s request. bellenews.com/2015/09/23/bus…
"The involvement of Interpol by the Russian criminal authorities is an attempt to give credibility to the actions of high-level Russian officials involved in the expropriation, including direct orders of Mr Putin and a number of Russian cabinet ministers.” independent.co.uk/news/business/…
Sergei Pugachev, co-founder of Russia-based Mezhprombank, which lost its license in 2010, was sentenced to 2 yrs in prison by the UK High Court for breaching court orders issued as part of legal proceedings launched against him by Russia's Deposit Insurance Agency...
the Financial Times reported on Feb. 12 2016. spglobal.com/marketintellig…
@ThomasS4217 To make Linley’s business even murkier, Former CIMB Bank chairman Datuk Seri Nazir Razak, brother of Malaysia's then-Prime Minister Najib Razak, who is being investigated for the massive 1MDB fraud, together with David Chua, former Pres of Genting’s HK business....
bought 51% of the Linley company in 2014 while his brother was still PM. theedgemarkets.com/article/bankin… 
Pugachev became a French citizen in 2009 and in 2015, left the UK for France, shortly after he allegedly found tracking devices planted on his cars. ft.com/content/c03b24…
Pugachev moved to the U.S. in 1994. Before and after, he lived mainly in France and London. He has major real estate development projects in the U.S., France, Luxembourg, Russia and the U.K.
Pugachev introduced Putin to his personal confessor, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov).
Pugachev introduced Putin to his personal confessor, Archimandrite Tikhon (Shevkunov).
Pugachev established discretionary trusts in New Zealand worth more than US$95 m. The Kea Three Trust, the Riviera Residence Trust, the Wiltshire Residence Trust, and the Green Residence Trust. Pugachev and his children with Alexandra Tolstoy are among the beneficiaries.
in July 2015 the original trustees of the NZ trusts were replaced. Newly incorporated trust companies more closely controlled by Pugachev were the NZ companies Maru Ltd, Haspori Ltd, Miharo Ltd and Arotau Ltd. The new trustees paid Pugachev's lawyers US$800,000 in Aug 2015.
Source: interest.co.nz/business/90419…
OPK Biotech, the Delaware-domiciled entity created in June 2009 to acquire Biopure’s assets, also put in a $850,000 bid for the company’s 50% stake in Eleven Hurley Street Associates, a real estate partnership that owns the Company’s principal office and R&D facilities.
Source: massdevice.com/update-russian…
OPK Biotech, a U.S. subsidiary of Pugachev’s Luxembourgh-based OPK Luxadvor SA had debts of more than $612,000, owed to Spear Realty of Coopersburg, Pa., and another creditor. massdevice.com/did-russian-ol…
Pugachev had his assets appropriated by Putin. This is an excellent timeline. Interestingly, Pugachev lived from 1991 to 1994 with his family in the U.S., making short visits to Russia, to monitor his businesses. peoplepill.com/people/sergey-…
