With a vengeance

Judge of the Tver District Court of Moscow Dmitry Gordeev in absentia sentenced to nine years the colony of the founder of the British Hermitage Capital Foundation William Brauder, finding him guilty of intentional bankruptcy and tax evasion for more than 3 billion rubles. It is reported by TASS.

"By the totality of crimes, to impose a final sentence in the form of nine years with a general regime with a fine of 200 thousand rubles. To the defendant Ivan Cherkasov, to impose a final sentence in the form of nine years with a fine of a fine of 200 thousand rubles. Satisfy a civil lawsuit and collect 4.2 to the defendant. billion rubles, ”the judge announced the verdict.

In February, the same judge Gordeev in absentia arrested Brauder and his companion Cherkasov, who also living in Britain, in this case. He was charged in absentia in accordance with part 3 of Article 33 - Article 196 (organization of deliberate bankruptcies), part 3 of Article 33 - to paragraphs "A", "B" of part 2 of Article 199 (organization of tax evasion committed in a group of persons on an especially large amount) and part 3 of Article 30 - part 2 of Article 199.1 of the Criminal Code (attempted non -compliance with the duties of a tax agent in an especially large scale).

Three episodes of deliberate bankruptcy were charged to Brauder and Cherkasov. Three branches of the Moscow Department of the Federal Tax Service were recognized as victims of the case, they also filed a civil lawsuit against the defendants.

Several cases were instituted against Brauder in Russia. Within the framework of one of them, the businessman was 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 .

In September, the investigation stopped for the absence of the composition another case against Brauder about the illegal purchase of Gazprom shares . In this case, the businessman was charged with part 4 of Article 159 of the Criminal Code (fraud on an especially large scale; up to ten years of colony). According to investigators, Brighter illegally bought at a lower intra -market price of at least 200 million Gazprom shares worth about 2 billion rubles.

On August 24, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office repeatedly demanded that the Interpol put Brauder on the international wanted list . In June, the Ministry of Internal Affairs turned to the International Police Organization with the same request, but they refused to do this there, referring to the previous decision to recognize the persecution of Brauder political.

On October 22, The Guardian reported that Russia unilaterally introduced a browner to the Interpol search base for the Diffusion ("Dissing") procedure, which allows the announcement of the investigation of the organization to bypass the Secretariat’s General. This step was authorized by President Vladimir Putin, sources of the publication said. However, on October 28, the Central Bureau of Interpol abolished Brider and recommended that the participating countries ignore requests from Russia unilaterally. Interpol members warned that Russia could not use the organization "to pursue its own goals."

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