Tochka paid Google 135 million rubles for the debt of the digital agency Blondinka.ru

The money was transferred by its parent structure, the fintech company Tochka JSC, as the Moscow Arbitration Court confiscated Blondinka.ru accounts on June 7 as a provisional measure.

Google received 110.5 million rubles in debt and 19.5 million rubles in interest for the use of money at the time of filing the claim, April 16, 2024. On August 9, the Moscow Arbitration Court lifted the arrest of Blondinka.ru accounts.

The American company opposed in court the removal of the arrest from its accounts, as it expected to receive another 4.9 million rubles in interest from the moment of filing the claim until July 26, 2024, date of the transfer of funds. In August, the company received this tranche.

“During the trial, the court determined that the plaintiff provided services under the Google advertising program. The collected debt arose from 13 accounts opened for Blondinka.ru,” the court documents state.

The claim sent by the plaintiff to the defendant demanding repayment of the resulting debt remained unanswered by the latter, which served as the basis for the claim. The defendant did not recognize the amount of the debt and considered the penalty excessive, but the court considered his arguments “unfounded.”

“The cessation of the plaintiff’s activities cannot exempt the defendant from the fulfillment of the obligation to pay for services,” the court’s decision says.

• According to Kommersant, in July 2022, Arsen Rezvanov’s advertising group, which included Blondinka.ru, was transferred to the then state-owned fintech company Tochka for 700 million rubles.

“J.S.C. “Spot” as parent company “Blond.“ru” fully paid the debt to the LLC “Google” in the amount of 130 million rubles. Of this amount, 110 million are principal debt, another 20 million are sanctions, which have been accumulated since spring 2022 (from that moment on Google stopped providing services in the Russian Federation) until the application was submitted to the court in April. 2024. Once the debt is closed, all accounts. “Blond.“ru” were unlocked, the company is running stably“they said RB.RU in Tochka.

The fintech company explained that Currently in debt with “Google” absent. In August, the company also added to the total 5 million rubles of fines accrued during the period from the date of submission “Google” to the court until the principal debt is paid.

After the Russian subsidiary of Google was declared bankrupt, the Moscow Arbitration Court seized the accounts of several Russian advertising agencies for a total amount of 8.6 billion rubles due to non-payment for the company’s services. IT under advertising placement agreements. The defendants received funds from end clients; They were intended to pay for the services of companies that placed ads directly, wrote RB.RU.

In July, the Moscow Arbitration Court accepted the demand of the Russian subsidiary of Google to recover 1.5 billion rubles from the advertising agency Emjicom LLC and 144.3 million rubles from Adventum Consulting.

• The online advertising agency Blondinka.ru was founded in 2007. Among its founders were CJSC “Imho Vi Eye”, CJSC “Ashmanov and Partners” and Alexander Malyukov. The founders have not been revealed at this time. The agency’s revenue in 2023 amounted to 867.9 million rubles, net profit – 12.7 million rubles.
• In July 2023, the non-core assets trust bank sold 90.01% of Tochka at auction for 41.5 billion rubles to a consortium of investors, including, in particular, Vladimir Potanin’s Interros ( which also owns Rosbank and a stake in TKS Holding). ), and the VK company. The latter reported in its reports that it bought 25% of Tochka for 11.6 billion rubles. According to Tochka, cited by Interfax, none of its shareholders has a majority stake; Operational control remains in the hands of senior managers. On October 2, the agency reported that Rosbank controlled 42% of Tochka JSC at the end of 2023.