Peskov: Roldugin's offshores - his personal business

The activity of the musician Sergei Roldugin is his personal matter until it contradicts the law. As TASS reports , the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov stated this.

“This is an absolutely private question regarding only Roldugin. As long as this corresponds to our laws,” Peskov said. “There was no information that this contradicts the current Russian laws and no.

At the same time, he noted that the details associated with the acquisitions of a friend Vladimir Putin are unlikely to be exposed. "Of course, the details associated with his personal life, with his acquisitions - do not think that someone wants to disclose. Moreover, he himself," the Kremlin spokesman said.

Thus, Peskov responded to the request to reveal the details of the president yesterday, including the so -called Panama Dossier and the cellist Sergei Roldugin. Journalists asked the press secretary to tell what musical instruments Roldugin bought, what is their price and "why this was needed for offshore schemes."

The day before, speaking at the ONF forum, Putin admitted that he was proud of friendship with people such as his childhood friend cellist Sergei Roldugin. According to the head of state, Roldugin spends almost all the money earned on musical instruments that he gives to state institutions. Putin emphasized that musical instruments acquired by Roldugin are “expensive things”.

The president added that Roldugin has been engaged "for many years, without protruding himself, the organization of concerts, the promotion of Russian culture abroad, actually pays from his own funds."

“The more people we have, the better. And I am proud that I have such friends,” Putin said.

Roldugin is trying to engage in business, the president emphasized, but does not earn billions. “He is a minority shareholder in one of our companies and there earns some money, but this, of course, is not billions of dollars,” said the head of state. “Nonsense, there is nothing like it.”

As follows from the documents of the "Panama archive" published on Sunday evening, Roldugin owns several offshore firms that have a multi -billionth turnover due to financial fraud. In addition, these firms were withdrawn funds of Russian companies, in particular Severstal, and the Russian commercial bank, the Cyprus Daughter, VTB - provided Roldugin's structures with an unprocessed loan of $ 650 million.