The Russian businessman Maxim Finnish known that for years held senior positions in the group ONEXIM Mikhail Prokhorov, has hired international lawyers for the protection of the criminal case against him in Russia. This was reported in a press release a law firm Amsterdam & amp; Partners, which represents the interests of Finland. Senior partner of Amsterdam & amp; Partners Robert Amsterdam (protected, in particular, the former head of Yukos, Mikhail Khodorkovsky), RBC said that Finnish lawyers are preparing “the West” lawsuit against a number of Russian officials, including some high-ranking politician. Amsterdam declined to name the country / countries where it will be seized, and did not disclose the name of the policy.
The Finnish, founder and former CEO of White Tiger Gold Ltd (WTG), was arrested and placed under house arrest in Moscow in March of 2015 “with the participation of a number of individuals associated with the Russian authorities at the highest level,” the statement said Amsterdam & amp; Partners. Against him were prosecuted under part 4 of article 159 of the Criminal Code (“Fraud committed by an organized group or a large scale”). According to the “Novaya Gazeta”, the reason for the investigation began loans outstanding White Tiger Gold (it through Cyprus Diascia Investments Ltd had several gold and gold-copper deposit in Russia). Finnish controlled WTG until March 2013, when he sold the share to another shareholder, a former top manager of “Gazprom” Sergei Yanchukovu.
«Finnish faced with huge sums of money extortion and death threats – says Amsterdam & amp; Partners. – With no chance of a fair justice on the part of the Russian judicial system, he left Russia. ” In May, the Russian media reported that the Finnish allegedly escaped from house arrest and was detained in Belarus, but the Belarusian authorities did not confirm this information. According to Amsterdam, his client is now free – Belarusian authorities released him, admitting that there were no grounds for detention. Now the businessman is outside of Russia and Belarus, but his lawyer did not disclose the location.
According to the Amsterdam & amp; Partners, Finnish left Russia after he learned that the investigating officers acted on the orders of “a high-ranking Russian official, who invested in the company White Tiger».
«We are planning to initiate the trial show in the western jurisdictions to counter Russian Corporate raiders using the administrative resource, “- said Amsterdam. One of the individuals involved in the seizure of the assets of the Finnish lawyer calls the partner businessman Sergei Yanchukova. Amsterdam confirmed that Yanchukov included in the list of persons, which is planning to sue Finnish.
Later, lawyers may find it necessary to instituting proceedings against the Russian Federation, but until the claim will be filed only several Russian entities, Amsterdam added in a conversation with RBC.
The lawyer was not able to tell the details of the Russian criminal case against businessman.
Canadian lawyer Robert Amsterdam is known that in 2003 he was hired to protect Mikhail Khodorkovsky. In 2005, the date of the decision against the businessman Amsterdam was expelled from Russia. Amsterdam then told me that night in his room at Ararat Hayat came five men posing as police, took his Canadian passport with a Russian visa and asked to accompany them to the police. “I refused to go with them. Then they canceled my visa and was told that if I do not find myself on a five-hour flight aboard British Airways from Moscow, they arrested me, “- told Amsterdam Financial Times.
Partner Prokhorov
Maxim Finnish partner was a businessman Mikhail Prokhorov – from 2000 to 2008, he was the director of “Norilsk Nickel” for exploration. Prior to the April 2015 Board of Directors headed by Finnish mining division ONEXIM “INTERGEO”, he took over the company in 2008. April 8 ONEXIM announced that Finnish resigned as chairman of the board of directors, but remains in the company as a board member.
White Tiger Gold Finnish created based on the assets’ Daltsvetmet “who bought in 2008. “A former top manager of one of the” daughters “of” Gazprom “, as it is called in the media, Sergei Yanchukov became a partner of Finland in the autumn of 2011. In March 2013 without explaining the reasons of Finland sold its stake (about 40% ) Yanchukovu, the latter thus consolidated a 70% of the company. Finnish media connected care so that the company could not meet its financial obligations under the credit line VTB Bank for $ 150 million, which attracted WTG in 2011. In October 2013 the investment “daughter” VTB – VTB Capital ceded the right to claim the debt under the loan agreement with WTG company Unique Goals International Ltd, the beneficiary of which is itself Yanchukov.
In September 2013 White Tiger Gold changed its name to Mangazeya Mining – name change reflects the financial support Mangazeya Financial LLC, an investment and brokerage firm based in Moscow, controlled by Sergei Yanchukovu, said reported WTG. According to the online group of companies “Mangazeya” besides zolotobyvayuschih assets, it also owns oil and gas (licenses for mining and Blueberry Terelskoe in Yamalo-Nenets) and the construction business.
Finnish since 2011 he is the director of a small Canadian mining company Red Tiger Mining listed on the TSX Venture site in Toronto. At the end of the annual meeting of shareholders Red Mining, last July 22, 2015, Finland was re-elected to the Board of Directors. He is a major shareholder of the company. April 30, that is, after the excitation criminal case against him in Russia, Finland bought additional 9,7% Red Mining capital about 600 thousand. Canadian dollars (the seller is not disclosed) . As of June 25 Finnish companies through Kirkland Intertrade and MMC Holdings owned 49,8% equity Red Mining, it follows from the materials. Interestingly, Sergey Yanchukov which Finnish sold in 2013, a share in the WTG, owns a 22.7% stake in Red Tiger, according to the materials of the company. The company owns and operates a number of copper and gold sites in the Mexican state of Sonora. Red Tiger Revenues for the first quarter 2015 amounted to $ 3,6 млн , net loss – $ 2,9 млн .
Yanchukov last time was “on hearing” in the press in July 2014. At the request of his company Sezaria Nicosia court froze the assets of the former owner of “Cherkizovo market” Telman Ismailov in the amount of $ 135 million. The plaintiff claimed that the Cypriot company Tandum Ismailova concluded with two credit Sezaria a contract worth a total of $ 100 million for 10% per annum, but did not return the money to the creditor at maturity payments, which was established on September 1, 2013. Among the frozen assets were then Ismailov Mardan Palace Hotel in Turkey, the project to build a hotel on Nikitsky Boulevard et al., However, gain control of the estate “Mangazeya” failed, noted “Kommersant” – part of the property came under the control of other creditors.
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