Banker, shot in London, Gorbuntsov was going to ask for asylum, so as not to return to the "paws of enemies" to Russia

Russian banker German Gorbuntsov, who received severe wounds during the attempt on him on March 20 in London, was going to ask for asylum in the UK for political reasons for himself and his relatives, writes the British newspaper The Daily Mail with reference to his lawyer Vadim Vedenin.

The 45-year-old financier, who has been hiding in London since 2010, was afraid that he would be forced to return to Russia "to the clutches of his many enemies," the newspaper writes. Recently, according to the British newspaper, he allegedly stated: “If I return to Russia, they will kill me” (who specifically he had in mind, is unknown). The action of British business viza opened in 2008 by Gorbuntsov expires next year.

As reported, the attempt on Herman Gorbuntsov occurred on March 20 in the evening in London East End. The banker received several gunshot wounds and was hospitalized. He is currently in a critical, but stable state. His chamber is guarded by the police. Soon after the attempt to be immersed in an artificial banker, the 46-year-old wife of Larisa arrived, and his 25-year-old son Vladislav is still awaiting issuing a British visa.

The investigation is conducted by the Police Department "Trade", which is engaged in the fight against organized crime. At the moment, no one is arrested.

According to the police, a "white, slender man tall about 1.8 meters" shot at Gorbuntsov. According to the assumptions expressed by the rich Russians living in London, who shot at Gorbuntsov could be a native of Albania or former Yugoslavia. According to experts, the attack was all signs of a custom crime committed by a professional.

Scotland-Yard employees are also looking for a black taxi driver in which the Russian banker rode shortly before the attempt. It is assumed that the driver could see the shooter, reports the Air Force . According to the television and radio company, the attack on Gorbuntsov was committed at about 19:30, and in a taxi he sat at about 19:00 in the Bishopsheate area in the business area of ​​City. Herman Gorbuntov came out of the car to Bing Street near the place of assassination.

The attack on Gorbuntsov was committed at the entrance of the house where he lived. According to media reports, immediately after the killer shot the banker and disappeared, a certain blonde at the age of about 20 years ran to him from the entrance. Banker’s lawyer Vadim Vedenin later told The Daily Mail that this woman was his youngest son’s mother, she came from Moldova, where the banker had a business. According to witnesses, the woman began to shout loudly and call for help, jumped out into the street, trying to stop passing cars. The concierge of the house, Pole Bart Fogler, described her condition as a real hysteria.

The Sunday Telegraph asked eyewitnesses to the assassination attempt. According to one of the neighbors of the banker, the 26-year-old realtor Tony Smith, the bleeding Gorbuntsov fell at the entrance to the entrance. "There was a lot of blood. The glass was knocked out in the front door. It was possible to see traces of blood on the walls and on the floor tiles," Smith said.

Another witness, 30-year-old Emma Ki, said that the young companion of the banker was very upset, cried, wanted to get into the ambulance, but the policeman kept it. The ambulance, in which Gorbuntsov introduced, reached the turn and stopped, since the victim became sharply worse. He was taken out into the street to provide immediate assistance.

“There were about eight health workers and about four more armed guards around him. It seems to me that they tried to save him. Apparently, there were so many of them in the ambulance that they had to take him out again,” Tony Smith said.

According to various sources, they shot at Gorbuntsov five or six times. Then the killer, according to one version, went by car, according to another version, the shooter came on foot, shot a banker and ran away, after which he was allegedly seen on a neighboring Westferry-Road, the Kommersant newspaper writes. The banker immediately after hospitalization was loaded into a state of artificial coma to give his body a chance to recover from the wounds received.

Because of what they could encroach on Gorbuntsov

Lawyer Vadim Vedenin told reporters that Gorbuntsov had to testify as a witness to investigators conducting the case of attempting a former business partner, a co-owner of the “Converses Group” Alexander Antonov. Vedenin noted that in 2010 his client was forced to move to London, as he was afraid for his life.

However, last Saturday, Antonov himself told the press that he remained with Gorbuntsov on friendly terms, despite the fact that he owed him about $ 100 million. Antonov also said that he was sure that Gorbuntsov was not a participant in the attempt on him, RIA Novosti reports. Scotland Yard does not yet have data that the attack on Gorbuntsov in London is connected with the attempt on Antonov.

According to The Daily Mail, in February, Gorbuntsov filed a written statement of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, in which he accused his former business partners of developing the Antonov murder plan in order to obtain control and own business structures.

The attempt on Alexander Antonov occurred in Moscow in March 2009. The attackers opened fire on the banker and his guard from automatic weapons. Antonov and the guard remained alive, although they were injured. In 2010, the Moscow City Court sentenced the executors of the assassination - residents of Chechnya Aslanbek Dadaev, Elim -Pasha Khatsuev and Timur Isaev - by long terms, finding them also guilty of the murder of the ex -deputy of the State Duma of Ruslan Yamadaev. Crime customers were never established, and the case was allocated to the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee of the Investigative Committee.

According to the Kommersant newspaper, the Anti -Corruption Prosecutor's Office of Moldova also instituted several criminal cases against Gorbuntsov, including it was accused of the raider seizure of the bank and the subsequent embezzlement of funds from it. Herman Gorbuntsov was previously declared Moldova on the wanted list.

The Air Force in its review of the British press, summing up the possible motives for the attempt on Herman Gorbuntsov, writes that among them are the activities of armed Chechen groups; an attempt committed on Alexander Antonov; tens of millions of dollars lost by Russian railways; Accusations of theft and illegal seizure of a bank in Moldova.

The Sunday Times in his article quoted by the Air Force quoted, writes with reference to Russian businessmen living in Britain, in the next 10 days, hunchbacks were going to give important testimonies related to the war between organized crime clans in Russia. It was expected that Russian investigators would arrive at London for this.