Pugachev filed a lawsuit against Russia for $ 10 billion

The former head of Interprombank Sergey Pugachev filed a lawsuit against the Russian government in the Permanent Chamber of the arbitration court in the Hague. It is reported by Reuters with reference to a source surrounded by an entrepreneur. Officially, Pugachev’s lawyers will announce on September 22 in Paris.

Pugachev “patiently waited for the moment” to make claims that are only yielding to the lawsuit of the Yukos, the source noted. According to him, Pugachev wants to name the guilty of his business, including those sitting in the Kremlin.

In 2012, the Russian authorities arrested Pugachev’s assets, and in December 2013 he was charged in absentia under Part 3 of Article 33, part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code (organization of assignment and embezzlement on an especially large scale). The maximum sanction for this crime is 10 years of the colony. At the same time, Pugachev was put on the wanted list and arrested in absentia, but the decision on absentee arrest was canceled by the appellate authority.

The Russian authorities turned to London with a request for Pugachev’s extradition, but he moved to France. The ex-banker said that he and his family are “direct threats to murder”, and his guard discovered surveillance.

Recently, Pugachev gave a number of high -profile interviews to Russian and foreign media.