"Rain": Mikhail Prokhorov is trying to make RBC sell

Today, April 14, in Moscow, law enforcement officers conducted searches in several companies of the ONEXIM group Mikhail Prokhorov. According to the rain, the searches may be related to an attempt to put pressure on the entrepreneur so that he agrees to sell the RBC media holding belonging to him.

This "Rain" reports with reference to sources in RBC.

Since January 2016, RBC has published several journalistic investigations about the business of relatives of President Vladimir Putin. According to the source of the Mediazone in the ONEXIM group, the search is related to media publications, and other issues of investigators are not interested.

The ONEXIM group confirmed information about searches. “As far as is known, the tax authorities are currently checking in the company ONEXIM. We are ready to provide the tax authorities with all the necessary information and provide them with full assistance, ”commented RBC a representative of ONEXIM.

He emphasized that “Onexim” “carries out its activities in exact accordance with Russian legislation,” TASS reports, and Mikhail Prokhorov himself “is traditionally one of the largest taxpayers in the country and he always refers to issues to complete all necessary taxes extremely responsibly.”

PS In the offices of the ONEXIM group, the FSB and the Federal Tax Service of the Federal Tax Service seized financial and title documents, a source in law enforcement agencies told Interfax , explaining that searches were “conducted as part of a check of tax evasion and fraud”, and according to the results of the searches, the issue of initiating a criminal case will be resolved.