The wife of the oligarch Malofeeva filed for divorce. She and her daughter could fall under the sanctions, explains the director of Transpenseni International Russia

On the website of the World Court of Moscow there was a record of the divorce proceedings between Malofeev Konstantin Valerievich and Wilter Irina Mikhailovna in the claim of the latter. The name completely coincides with the names of the “Orthodox oligarch” Malofeev and his wife. The wife of Malofeeva Irina Vilter - a lawyer, presents, among other things, the interests of the spouse. They have three children.

As the director of Transpenser Internet Russia, Ilya Shumanov, explained to The Insider, the divorce proceedings may be associated with the unwillingness of Wilter to fall under Western sanctions, as well as with the toxic influence of the spouse during the war on her lawyer practice.

“I think this is due to the sanctions. I have not seen property (commercial companies) on it. By analogy with the children, Malofeev can fall under sanctions, I think that they calculated this risk and decided to get a divorce. The son of Malofeev Cyril - under US sanctions, for example. There is a risk of sanctions by daughter and wife. Wilter herself is a lawyer, and I think that the toxicity of the spouse can also influence her professional activity. Behind Malofeev, the practice of rewriting assets on family members was never found, he uses nominal owners, offshore structures and informal agreements. This follows from the investigation regarding bypassing sanctions by Malofeev in the United States. ”

Konstantin Malofeev is the founder of the TV channel "Tsargrad" and "League of a safe Internet." It is known for the active assistance of the transfer of paramilitary detachments to the Crimea, and then to Eastern Ukraine. The charity fund of St. Vasily the Great, who is headed by Malofeev, financed the Cossack units and separatists who fought on the side of the self -proclaimed republics in Ukraine and took part in the annexation of Crimea.

In February 2015, the Russian New Gazeta published a document containing information on plans for Russian interference in the situation in Ukraine, which, according to the publication, was submitted to the Kremlin administration between February 4 and 12, 2014. The New Gazeta argued that this plan was supposedly created with the participation of Konstantin Malofeev and provided for the “organization of mass shares of disobedience with the demand for federalization of Ukraine, the entry of the eastern and southeastern regions of the country to the Customs Union, and then the proclamation of sovereignty with the subsequent attachment to Russia”.