“Project”: The Investigative Committee is going to open a criminal case for money laundering against Leonid Volkov and FBK

The Proekt media portal, citing a source close to the leadership of law enforcement agencies, reports that the Investigative Committee is going to open a criminal case on money laundering and tax evasion against employees of the Anti-Corruption Fund Alexei Navalny.

The "project" refers to the materials of the pre-investigation check of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to them, a criminal case may be initiated against FBK employees under articles on money laundering (Article 174 of the Criminal Code) and tax evasion (Article 199 of the Criminal Code). At the same time, the official representative of the TFR refused to comment on this information.

The head of the federal headquarters of Alexei Navalny Leonid Volkov, the former director of the FBK Roman Rubanov, the accountant Anna Chekhovich, the head of the legal department Vyacheslav Gimadi, the head of the sociological service of the FBK Anna Biryukova and lawyers Alexander Pomazuev and Yevgeny Zamyatin can become defendants in the criminal case. Allegedly, more than a billion rubles passed through the bank accounts of FBK employees in 2017-2018. Interior Ministry experts believe that the money deposited in cash "could come from abroad from third parties and have signs of" dubious ".

In addition, we are talking about tax evasion. Volkov allegedly hid 4.6 million in taxes, Rubanov - 3.1 million, and Shavvedinov - 830 thousand rubles.

• Roman Rubanov was put on the wanted list in connection with a criminal case on non-execution of a court decision (Article 315 of the Criminal Code).
• On July 15, 2021, the Attorney General's Office declared undesirable the legal entity Project Media, Inc - registered in the United States. The Russian authorities believe that the investigative media outlet "Proekt" is related to this legal entity and therefore is an undesirable organization in Russia.