Focus: In Germany, an investigation is being conducted against the oligarchs from Putin's entourage

The German prosecutor’s office is investigating several oligarchs from the encirclement of Russian President Vladimir Putin in connection with suspicion of laundering money. This is evidenced by the classified materials from the investigative and customs authorities, the German magazine Focus reports .

In June 2015, Hypovereinsbank notified supervisory authorities about dubious money transfers from the Caribbean offshore to the accounts of the German company Nordic Yars. The publication calls the owner of the last former Minister of Energy of Russia and a member of the Board of Gazprom Igor Yusufov. Now he holds the position of special representative of the President of Russia for International Energy Cooperation. According to the investigation, we are talking about the amount of about 30 million euros. "What is the history of the origin of these amounts and who is behind the offshore company is unknown," the article says.

In addition, at the end of August 2015, German customs officers managed to detain and confiscate the “Oldtaymer of the Extra-Class of the Jaguar Mk V model,” Focus reports. The valuable cargo was intended for the general director of the Rostec state corporation Sergei Chemezov, who is also part of Putin's near circle. Chemezov is included in the EU sanctions list and has no right to enter the EU or receive goods from the EU.

The financial intelligence of Thuringia also became known that the Ukrainian gas magnate Sergei Kurchenko illegally transferred from the country's budget at least 7.5 million euros to the accounts of companies registered in Thuringia. "The businessman is considered a confidant of ex -president of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, who escaped to Russia," the article says.

On April 3, the International Consortium of Journalistic Investigations published the investigation "Panama Documents", which refers to numerous offshore companies used by the leaders of states, politicians, celebrities, well -known athletes. The investigation is based on 2.6 terabyte data, including 11.5 million documents stolen from the servers of one of the leading offshore registrars in the world - the Panama Law Firm Mossack Fonseca.

Among other things, the Panama Documents talks about the financial fraud of Putin close to a total of at least $ 2 billion. According to ICIJ, transactions were attended by Sandalwood Continental, International Media Overseas, Sonnette Overseas and Sunbarn. All of them are registered in offshores and are associated with the Bank "Russia", which the American authorities called the "personal bank for high -ranking Russian officials", as well as with Putin's close friends.

On April 14, Putin during the "Direct Line" recognized the reliability of documents from the "Panama archive". “Firstly, as it may seem, the information (about offshores. - Ed.) Is reliable. It seems that it was not even journalists who prepared it, but, most likely, lawyers, and in the style of presentation, and in fact. And they specifically accuse anyone,” said Putin.

At the same time, according to the president, the authors of the investigation "simply lead a shadow on the wicker." "Someone there is a business of my friends there. The question is whether money from these offshores gets to some officials, including the president," the president said.