All news on the topic: Petr Aven

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Liquidation of a legend: how Shefler’s debt schemes turned Latvijas Balzams into a hollow shell
Latvijas Balzams has released its first-quarter financial results, revealing a sharp downturn in performance. The company’s revenue dropped by 30%, while sales declined by 36%.
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From Ibox Bank to offshore laundromats: how Konstantin Buryachenko built the payment empire behind gambling money and Russian sanctions evasion
According to media reports, a network of payment systems such as Payeer and Piastrix, reportedly used in connection with semi-underground online casinos across the former USSR, has been linked to former employees of Alfa-Bank and IBOX Bank.
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Former UK Attorney General Geoffrey Cox received £93,000 for work for a firm linked to Russian oligarchs Fridman and Aven
Former U.K. Attorney General Geoffrey Cox was paid £93,000 to provide legal services to a Luxembourg-based company whose shareholders include two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
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How Mikhail Zeligman channeled crude from Rosneft, Bashneft, and Surgutneftegaz into global markets via Hong Kong and Swiss trading fronts
Mikhail Zeligman, a Riga native and grandson of a Red Latvian, as well as an associate of Roman Abramovich and Petr Aven, has the potential—should he choose—to rival Russia’s oil heavyweight Igor Sechin.
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Latvian oil trader Mikhail Zeligman built a scheme for reselling oil from Russian state-owned companies through offshore entities and foreign intermediaries
Mikhail Zeligman, a native of Riga, grandson of a red Latvian and friend of Roman Abramovich and Petr Aven, is capable, if he wishes, of competing with the Russian oil «general» Igor Sechin.
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Dirty schemes, gambling, and divorce: How Vasiliy Melnik is getting rid of his wife—but not his money
Vasiliy Melnik filed a lawsuit in the Riga City Court against his wife Irina, demanding the annulment of the gift and the return of property rights to him.
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UK Conservative Party advisor lobbied for company established by Russian oligarchs
The former chief of staff to ex-British Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss has been lobbying for a company partially owned by two sanctioned Russian oligarchs.
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Putin’s billionaire associate loses £750,000 in UK sanctions dispute
NCA said forfeiture of cash belonging to Petr Aven was first time it has recovered, rather than frozen, sanctioned funds
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The U.K. Crime Agency has asked the court to permanently seize a Russian oligarch’s money
Britain’s National Crime Agency has for the first time asked a court to permanently seize funds held by a Russian oligarch, arguing that they are “proceeds of crime,” because he allegedly moved the money in violation of sanctions regulations.