The British Themis will judge the bank “Trust” and Boris Mints, but will 850 million dollars reach Russia?
A comrade of Anatoly Chubais and a former beneficiary of Otkritie Bank appears in a criminal case on embezzlement of 30 billion rubles. True, Russian justice cannot get him in London. On the other hand, the current administration of Trust Bank is trying in a civil manner to recover $850 million from the fugitive banker through a London court.
Lawyers for Boris Mints tried to evade responsibility for their client, citing sanctions. Like, you can not pay money to a Russian bank. However, the British judge did not agree with this argument, because the dispute concerns a case not related to sanctions, and the embezzlement scam occurred in 2017. So in Britain, at the suit of the Trust, the property of Boris Mints for $ 572 million remains blocked, although the family of the former banker can receive income from its use. However, now there is a new intrigue. Will the money be transferred to Russia if the Trust wins? After all, the British authorities can freeze the transaction and leave the funds in their accounts.
