Senator Kerimov was detained when giving up from an airplane in Nice

The Russian businessman and member of the Federation Council Suleiman Kerimov was detained by the French police at Nice Airport, TASS reports with reference to the press service of the Russian Embassy in France.

According to the diplomatic mission, the Russian was detained the day before late in the evening immediately after landing the aircraft, calling diplomats to the airport in advance, and from there they delivered to the police station.

“At the moment, he is in custody, Russian diplomatic employees on the spot are providing Karimov with all possible consular support,” the embassy said. “We are in constant contact with the local authorities and achieve its liberation,” RIA Novosti quotes a source quoted.

According to Mash , the businessman is suspected of financial fraud committed in 2005-2008 in France. According to Reuters , which refers to the French prosecutor's office, we are talking about tax evasion.

Before the Russian civil servants were forbidden to have property abroad, Kerimov handed over his foreign assets to the Sulyyman Kerimov Foundation Switzersky Charitable Fund, which got the opportunity to conduct business both in the Russian Federation and in Europe.

A few months ago, it became known that searches were carried out at the French villa belonging to the Senator - however, the reasons for their holding were not called. According to rumors, which then brought the media, the interest of the French police in Kerimov could be due to certain real estate transactions.

“Suleiman Kerimov is not the owner of real estate mentioned in publications, or other real estate outside the Russian Federation. An exhaustive list of property belonging to Kerimov is indicated in his official declaration provided to state bodies in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, ”the information assistant Alexei Krasovsky denied the information.