Consciousness determines arrival

Member of the Federation Council from Dagestan Suleiman Kerimov, whom the French authorities accuse taxes, returned to France after a short trip to Russia. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the prosecutor of Nice Jean-Michel Proet.

“He returned on Monday,” the prosecutor said.

During a three -day trip to Russia, Kerimov met with the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko. The press service of the upper house noted that Kerimov considers himself innocent and is sure that he will be able to prove the failure of the charges against him. Therefore, he does not intend to hide, is configured to cooperate with the investigation and hopes to soon return to Russia. At the same time, Karimov’s conversation with Matvienko was not reported.

On January 19, the court in France allowed Kerimov to make a trip to Russia from January 21 inclusive to visit a sick relative . "Mr. Kerimov was allowed to go to Russia to visit a close relative - brother or consolidated brother. Permission to the trip is really from today to Sunday," then Proet said.

On November 20, 2017, immediately upon arrival of France, Kerimov was detained at Nice Airport . On November 23, the court released him on the bail of 5 million euros with a ban on leaving the Primorsky Alps Department. A Russian passport was seized from the senator and obliged him to be celebrated several times a week in the police.

Kerimov was charged with paying taxes from a amount of 400 million euros by underestimating the cost of real estate transactions. In addition, Kerimov was imputed by the legalization of funds illegally imported into the country in the amount of 500 to 750 million euros . Part of these funds, stated, was imported in Cash in France. This money was laundered precisely through the purchase of real estate, the investigation believes.

In total, Karimov in France was charged thirteen people. The investigation began back in 2014. In November, the Swiss financier Alexander Studhalter was arrested in this case.

On December 6, the Court of Appeal of Ex-en-Provence, after the appeal of the prosecutor's office, increased Kerimov by the amount of pledge to 40 million euros . The billionaire was also obliged to move to Nice - he lived outside it.

On the 12th day of the same month, Russian Prosecutor General Yuri Chaika said that Karimov’s case could be investigated in his homeland and said that a corresponding request was already sent to France. The official called the actions of the French authorities "wrong." “There must be some mechanisms that restrain the factors, since he represents the interests of a large group of the population, he is a senator, a chosen person,” the seagull explained. “It is not quite the right practice when people with special status can easily be arrested, even on suspicion of some kind of serious crime.”

On December 25, Matvienko announced that the upper chamber turned to the French authorities with a request to allow Karimov to return to Russia under the guarantees of Moscow that he "would come to France as soon as they invite him and continue to cooperate with the investigation authorities." The appeal was sent after the letter of the Presidium of the Parliament of Dagestan, who asked for “assistance” so that Kerimov could “protect the rights of citizens of Dagestan” as a senator.