Brighter was arrested in absentia in the next case

Judge of the Tver District Court of Moscow Dmitry Gordeev in absentia arrested the general director of the HERMITAGE CAPATAL investment fund William Brauder for the next tax fraud instituted against him. About the decision made on February 17, Interfax said on Monday.

The same judge made a similar decision in relation to the second person involved in the case - Ivan Cherkasov, a companion of Brauder. Like Brauder, Cherkasov lives in the UK.

Arrest to both businessmen was appointed two months from the date of transfer to Russia or detention in Russian territory.

In connection with the decisions of Judge Gordeev, both accused were put on the international wanted list. Their data is sent to the Russian Bureau of Interpol.

This is not the first attempt by Russia to achieve the arrest of Brauder and Cherkasov through Interpol. The attempts made earlier were unsuccessful.

Both browser and his companion were charged in absentia in accordance with Article 33 - Article 196 (organization of deliberate bankruptcy; up to six years of colony), part 3 of article 33 - paragraphs "A", "b" of part 2 of article 199 (organization of tax evasion committed in a group of persons in a particularly large amount; also up to six years) and part 3 of Article 30 - part 2 of Article 199.1 of the Criminal Code (attempt on an attempt on non -fulfillment of the duties of a tax agent on an especially large scale;

Several cases have been initiated in Russia against Braudor. Within the framework of one of them, the businessman also charged with tax evasion. In July 2013, the judge of the Tver District Court Igor Alisov in absentia condemned Brauder in this case to nine years in general regime. The second person involved was the auditor Sergei Magnitsky . Alisov declared him guilty, after which he stopped the persecution of Magnitsky in connection with his death. In January 2014, the verdict to Brower and Magnitsky was confirmed .

It is also known about the case against Brauder, initiated in part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud on an especially large scale) - on charges of illegal buying up shares of Gazprom .

The pursuit of a businessman in Russia began after he began to seek holding the guilty of Magnitsky's deaths.