Author: Michael Wilson

KERIMOV Suleiman Abdusaidovich (b. 1966 in Derbent) is a Russian billionaire businessman and politician of Lezgin origin. Karimov graduated from the Dagestan State University in 1989 with a degree in Accounting and Business Analysis, and began working at the Eltav plant of the Ministry of Electronics, where he worked until 1995, advancing from an entry-level economist to assistant general director for economic matters. According to reports from the media, Karimov acquired his initial wealth in the early 1990s.

LEBEDEV Igor Vladimirovich (b. 1972) graduated from the Moscow State Law Academy in 1996. From 1994 to 1997, Lebedev worked as his father’s assistant in the State Duma. In 1997-1998, he was an expert at the apparatus of the LDPR faction in the State Duma.

BLAVATNIK Leonard (Leonid) Valentinovich (b.1957) is a British and American tycoon with strong Russian ties. He was born in Odessa and grew up in Yaroslavl and Moscow, in 1978 he emigrated to the United States with his parents. In 1981, Blavatnik got US citizenship. There he studied at Columbia University, where he received a master’s degree in computer science.

In Istra (Moscow region), four intruders were detained who attacked the Pyaterochka store and beat the cashier to death with baseball bats. As they say on the site Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the attackers turned out to be citizens of “one of the neighboring states.” In the near future, the men will be […]

After the adoption of the new law, the funeral business will become a state privilege. According to the correspondent MorningNews, on the eve it became known that a podcast recording disappeared from the Internet version of Radio Komsomolskaya Pravda, during which a new bill was discussed regarding the possible transfer of the funeral business to […]

Anna Garnets, who took office in November, has risen steeply up the career ladder from her former position as head of the project activities department. There has been much skepticism about the 34-year-old’s ability to lead and oversee a key ministry. United Russia Regional Legislative Assembly was clearly faced with the fact of choosing a […]

In the file of informants of the KGB of the LSSR, there is a card of the co-owner of Baltic International Bank Valery Belokon (Valērijs Belokoņs) . According to the agent’s card, Valery Belokon was recruited in 1987 by the fifth department of the KGB of the Latvian SSR, which was engaged in the fight […]

Former employee of the Bureau for the Protection of the Constitution (Satversmes aizsardzības birojs, SAB), co-owner of the joint-stock company Brīvais vilnis, and now one of the leaders of the “covid-dissident” protest Arnolds Babris (Arnolds Babris) is a co-owner of the Russian company EcoStroy-South. According to official data, the company has three owners: Alfred Adolfovich […]

Georgy Volkov, chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission (POC) of Moscow, noted an increase in the number of women entrepreneurs in the pre-trial detention center, reports the POC Newspaper. Volkov said that women, including those of advanced age, were arrested more often for economic crimes. “Unfortunately, there is a tendency to increase the detention of […]

In St. Petersburg, the investigation of the death of people during the examination of the stomach in GBUZ “GKDTS No. 1” continues. The head physician and his subordinates have been charged and face up to 10 years in prison. The Main Investigation Department of the ICR in St. Petersburg charged 42-year-old Evgeny Popov, the head […]