The co -owner of Interros was detained in Curses

The co -owner of the Interros company Mikhail Prokhorov was detained on January 9 at the Kurchevel ski resort during the French police raid. This is written on Thursday "Vedomosti".

Together with Prokhorov, several more Russian businessmen were detained, including his assistant Dmitry Shatov and a partner, president of the development company City Oleg Baybakov. Several girls were also detained.

According to the newspaper sources, the operation was carried out as part of the fight against drug trafficking, prostitution and money laundering. “It was a special police unit that acts extremely closed,” the journalist of the Lyon publication Le Progres told Vedomosti.

In "Interros" the fact of the detention of Prokhorov did not refute. “We consider what happened by a misunderstanding,” the company’s press service said, adding that Prokhorov will personally comment on what happened after on Monday, January 15, he will return from vacation.

There are no official data on the detention of Russian businessmen yet. According to the newspaper on Thursday, the Russian Embassy in France also does not have information about the detention of Russians.

Mikhail Prokhorov is among the richest people in Russia. According to Forbes magazine, in 2006 his fortune was estimated at 7.6 billion dollars. As noted by Vedomosti, Prokhorov has traditionally spends New Year holidays in Curshell for several years.