In the Tver region, the co-owner of Russian Funds and Rambler’s first investor, Sergei Vasiliev, was detained, RBC reports citing sources.
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According to the publication, the director of Russian Funds, Konstantin Beirit, was also detained. RBC interlocutors claim that the arrest is related to the case of businessman Yevgeny Novitsky.
The Kommersant newspaper, citing sources, provides additional details: former president of AFK Sistema Evgeny Novitsky, Sergei Vasiliev and Konstantin Beirit are suspected of stealing 8.8 billion rubles from six non-state pension funds.
Vasiliev is one of the founders of the investment business in Russia. Since April 1999 he has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Russian Funds.
One of the investment group’s first major purchases in 1999 was a majority stake in Internet company Rambler. Russian funds were Rambler shareholders until 2004.
Vasiliev said in 2021 that the Russian Funds group brings together many different businesses: gold and tin, development and telecommunications, agriculture and tourism. He separately highlighted the gold mining holding “Seligdar” and its member “Rusolovo”, OJSC “Melkombinat”, NPF “Vnesheconomfond” and NPF “Doverie”, the insurance company “TIT” and the telecommunications company “Nauka-Svyaz “.
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Source: RB
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