
The former head of the FCS Andrei Belieninov was returned to him during the search and values in the amount of about 100 million rubles, Kommersant reports with reference to his sources. According to them, Belyaninov was also invited to take a certain "important position."
On Friday, Vladimir Putin during the press conference called the “stuffing” in the media about the case about the case, the witness on which Belyanin was a witness. “There was no case against him. The fact that investigative actions, searches and something similar were thrown into the media is unacceptable. They are damaged by the business and personal reputation of any person,” the president said.
Belyaninov at the end of July was dismissed of his own free will. On July 26, searches were carried out in his office and the country house as part of the investigation of the criminal case of part 3 of Article 200.2 of the Criminal Code (illegal movement across the customs border of alcohol products on a large amount).
During a search in the house of Belyaninov, investigators found cash in different currencies. Also, as the investigation reported, "items and documents were seized relevant for the investigation of the criminal case."
Belyaninov himself told the investigators that the money found from him is "family accumulations".
Searches were also held in the offices of the deputy heads of the FCS Ruslan Davydov and Andrei Strukov. "In addition, searches were carried out at the place of residence and work of the President of the Arsenal Insurance Company LLC Sergey Lobanov, who is the founder of at least 15 different companies whose activities are closely related to the FCS of Russia," the press service of the Investigative Committee said.
The case was initiated at the end of March against the general director of the St. Petersburg Holding Forum Dmitry Mikhalchenko and the top managers of the company Contrail of the North-West Logistics Ilya Pichko and Anatoly Kindrasky. They are charged with the import into the country through the port of Ust-Luga near St. Petersburg of a large batch of cognac Courvoisier of 1912 under the guise of building sealant. Mikhalchenko was arrested.