The authorities of France arrested the helicopters Alisher Usmanov

Two helicopters of the Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov were arrested in Europe. One of the cars was on the azure bank, the second in Monaco, writes Forbes.

The Ministry of Economics and Finance of France confirmed that the Rights of ownership of the Airbus EC-175 (onboard number M-DLBR) and Eurocopter EC-155 (onboard number M-DLBA) were frozen. The first was arrested in Le Castelle on the Cote d'Azur on March 22, the second - in Monte Carlo on March 25. Equipped with two helicopter venues of the Usmanov yacht Dilbar was arrested in Hamburg in early March.

Forbes, referring to open data, writes that the helicopter movement with the M-DLBR onboard number was last recorded in Le Castelle on November 13, with the M-DLBA number-in Monte Carlo on March 1. Both cars were previously registered on the island of Meng (the jurisdiction of the British crown), but on March 3 they were removed from registration, the newspaper writes. This means that the aircraft loses a certificate of flight fitness and cannot fly to a new registration.

The Center for Corruption and Organized Crime Research (OCCRP), recognized in Russia as an unwanted organization, together with the British publication of The Guardian on March 24, published an investigation about the founder of the USM holding Alisher Usmanov, establishing that the oligarch through relatives and the companies associated with them owns five villas on the coastal of Costa-Minmeald (the islands Sardinia, Italy).

The site with the most expensive Villa Usmanov belongs to his sister Gulbakhor Ismailova, and the real estate object itself, the liquidated company Le Mimose on the island of Men, which in turn belongs to Usmanov Pauillac Property Ltd., registered on Bermuda.

Gulbakhor Ismailov owns two more villas in the same complex directly. Other villas are owned by the Italian companies Delemar Srl and Punta Capaccia, which also belong to Pauillac Property.

The other sister of Usmanova, Sodat Nurziev, owns 27 accounts in Swiss banks - most of them are connected with USM Holdings, the investigators say. In April 2011, one of these accounts was more than 2.1 billion dollars. Gulbakhor Ismailova also has accounts in Switzerland.

In 2012, Usmanov sent three million dollars of Nurzieva as a "gift". Five months later, she sent 100 thousand dollars to her brother with two translations, indicating the “brother for current expenses” in the purpose of payment. The other part of this amount - more than 2.5 million dollars - Nurzieva transferred to the director of the steel company in the United Arab Emirates Shokhruhu Nasirdzhaeva, writes OCCRP.

Also in 2017, for three months, Usmanov sent six transfers to more than 190 million dollars to himself. Operations were performed through personal accounts and accounts of offshore organizations under the control of the oligarch.

• Earlier, OCCRP announced the creation of the "tracker of sanctions assets" - a database of foreign assets associated with Russian oligarchs, officials and propagandists who fell under sanctions, as well as with their relatives. In addition to Alisher Usmanov, this base included other famous oligarchs, whose assets are in the regions of Siberia: the head of Transneft, Nikolai Tokarev, the head of Rusala Oleg Deripaska.
• Earlier, the European Union imposed personal sanctions against Russian oligarchs due to the military operations of Russia in Ukraine. The Black List included Nikolai Tokarev, Alisher Usmanov, Igor Sechin (Rosneft), Gennady Timchenko (Volga Group).