Complete nonsense, nonsense and lies: Belousov commented on the information about his participation in the Baring case

Andrey Belousov confirmed to Forbes that he has known Artem Avetisyan for a long time, but “over many years of service, I learned to separate personal relationships and official ones.” Belousov is sure that Calvey's arrest was a surprise for Avetisyan himself. He called false the information that he personally reported to the president about the situation around the Vostochny bank, because "the president will never interfere in commercial disputes in this way."

Quote: "This is complete nonsense. Absolutely. I am a believer and I can say during Great Lent that this is a lie.”

Belousov told reporters that he himself had three questions about the Baring Vostok case:

• Why did the arbitration dispute between the participants, which lasted for several years, turn into a criminal case right now?
• Who was the ultimate beneficiary of the controversial deal between Vostochny Bank and Calvey [with shares in IFTG]?
• If this is a commercial dispute, how did Avetisyan manage to include the FSB in it?

Earlier, The Bell sources said that Artem Avetisyan is friends with the son of the ex-head of the FSB, Minister of Agriculture Dmitry Patrushev, and this connection could help the businessman. Belousov called this information "complete nonsense." Neither Avetisyan nor Sherzod Yusupov has the ability to launch such a machine as the FSB, which means there are some circumstances that are out of the field of discussion, the presidential aide said.

Belousov added that he knows that Calvey accuses Avetisyan of withdrawing assets from the Uniastrum bank before its merger with Vostochny, but does not believe in this either. “Avetisyan told me how employees from the Central Bank visited him, checks went one after another. And at some point, I even asked Elvira Nabiullina to personally control this story. I was afraid of abuse, this story has been dragging on for a very long time. But in no way can I interfere in the work of the Central Bank,” he told the publication.

Context. The founder and head of the largest FDI fund in Russia, Baring Vostok, Michael Calvey and his colleagues were detained in Moscow on February 15. him for two months on the second attempt On Saturday, February 16, the Basmanny Court arrested , and on the 21st charged him with fraud on an especially large scale. In addition to Calvey, five top managers are involved in the case. The founder of the fund, Michael Calvey, has repeatedly stated in court that the case is related to a corporate conflict between the shareholders of Vostochny Bank. The foundation itself also believes that Avetisyan personally initiated the case in his own interests. Avetisyan himself rejected these accusations .

While Baring Vostok is looking for ways to get its leaders out of jail, Artem Avetisyan went on the attack in a Russian court. On Tuesday, March 19, his company filed a lawsuit with the Arbitration Court of the Amur Region for the exercise of an option to sell 9.99% of Vostochny's shares to it. This option is the main reason for the dispute between the shareholders of the bank.