Boris Krasnov and his family. Boris Krasnov: The doctors did not give a single chance that I would survive! Krasnov learns to walk after a coma
While visiting Pugacheva, the famous set designer develops a beastly appetite
While visiting Pugacheva, the famous stage designer develops a beastly appetite
I have known Boris KRASNOV since the mid-90s. Like many of his friends, I was shocked when three and a half years ago the famous production designer was unexpectedly detained and faced with serious charges. Allegedly, he was part of a group of people who extorted 100 percent of the shares of the authorized capital from the Inconnect company, which organized exhibitions. Krasnov faced up to 15 years in prison. During the investigation, he was released by the court on bail of 5 million rubles. But literally two weeks later he was struck down by a severe stroke. Since then, information about him has been extremely scanty and fragmentary. Like, he was in a coma, then he was transported abroad...
When I managed to reach him a year ago, Boris said that he had already returned to Moscow, was continuing treatment and, as soon as the doctors allowed, he would be the first to give an interview to me. To Boris's credit, he kept his word.
And so I go into his office in the brainchild he created - the Forum Hall celebration hall. Krasnov When he meets me, he cheers up and takes a few steps, leaning on his cane. His assistant Sergei insures him.
- Of course, readers are primarily interested in your health!- Thank you, I’m recovering slowly. I can walk, though, with difficulty. The left hand is not yet in working condition. I had a right-sided stroke, so most of the problems were with my left arm and leg. By the way, if it were left-handed, we wouldn’t be talking now. Fortunately, the memory was not affected either. I'm having fun here - I ask my assistant to name me any football team from the USSR football champions and easily name all the players, including the substitutes.Well, with your rhythm of life, you got off easy. I remember how you worked. Almost no days off. Have you been to a sanatorium at least once in your life?
What a sanatorium! Jumped up at six in the morning - and go! My family and friends all asked me: “Slow down!” Mikhail Tanich, may the kingdom of heaven be upon him, on each of my birthdays he wrote an epigram: “Krasnov is a thing in speed somewhere between the speed of sound and the speed of light.” Or here’s another: “There was no order twice, and Borya was at home twice. / How can I check this libel? And by the number of children!” I practically did not take care of my health. I smoked two packs a day. I drank 35 cups of coffee... - I know that in difficult times Pugacheva provided you with great moral support. You have a special relationship with Alla Borisovna? - Yes, we have, as they say, a creative romance. Anything happened between us. It happened that my scenery was destroyed with a microphone. One minute she likes everything, but after a couple of minutes she screams - redo everything. It seems to me that sometimes Alla is unpredictable to herself. We still often call her back. A month ago we had dinner together - at her home, with Maxim, in their castle. You know, it’s an amazing thing - Alla, no matter where she lives, has such an atmosphere in her house that she eats very well, she’s just overcome with some kind of hunger! Whatever she cooked, I always swallowed it right away! Very tasty! By the way, I ate her cooking not only at her place, but also at my place. I noticed that Alla is not always serious when it comes to cooking. I remember a long time ago they came to see me with Sergei Chelobanov spontaneously. Alla took everything that was in the refrigerator, poured it into a pan, threw cheese on top, and when it melted, please bring it to the table - the dish is ready. And she dedicated it to me and Chelobanov...
By the way, a month ago I saw Max and him for the first time. They are simply wonderful! This is some kind of fantasy - I have never seen such a resemblance: Garik is just a copy of Max. Facial expression, eyes, lips, nose - one to one. Such a serious boy. And Lisa is just a doll, such a blonde with a pink bow and curly long hair.
- Did you give anything to the children?
Of course, but how? Garik - a car-bicycle. You press the button and it takes you. And for Liza, there’s this big thing: you press it, and something plays, beeps, crows, and speaks English. But most of all she was delighted to see a doll that brushes its teeth. You know, watching Alla look with great tenderness at her two angels - Garik and Lisa, I thought that, probably, only now, perhaps, for the first time, she truly felt what it's like to be a mother. At one time, when Christina was growing up, she had a monstrous touring schedule, she was constantly running around with concerts. I also couldn’t devote much time to my grandchildren. And only now he spends as much time with the kids as necessary, and gets tremendous pleasure. I recently organized a prank for the guests. Guests on his birthday (January 22, Krasnov turned 54 years old. - OK. ) reported that during his illness he constantly watched news abroad. And one piece of news struck me so much that my head turned around and I, they say, began to engage in something unusual for me - writing songs. And he dedicated one of them to Alla and Max. It comes out here Natalie and sings: “Oh God, what a man, I want a son from you. And a daughter!” Everyone burst out laughing.
Oh, I remembered! Borya Moiseev told me: when he had a stroke, the cutlets that Alla Borisovna personally fried for him and brought to his ward helped him a lot!
This is true. And many people helped me too. Although, of course, I don’t remember well the first time after the stroke - I was in a coma for too long, almost three months. Borya, as far as I know, was not in a coma. That’s also probably why it’s taking me so long to recover now. My wife became my guardian angel - she did not leave the bed for a minute. And, without a doubt, my best friend and partner - Konstantin Petrov, for which I am very grateful to him. When the doctors were asked what the percentage chance was that I would live, they shrugged: none. Special thanks, first of all, to Russian doctors. In particular, to the head of the neuroreanimation unit of the clinic where I was hospitalized - Pavel Härkenen.After I came out of the coma, it was decided to continue treatment abroad. At first it was a clinic in Germany - I spent six months there. The forecasts of German doctors were disappointing. They said that I would not only never be able to walk, but even sit in a chair. But I still did not lose heart - I continued to believe in a miracle.
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After another six months, we were advised to change the clinic. I was brought to Montreux, Switzerland, on a stretcher. Every day I worked for many hours with physiotherapists - by the way, they are all Portuguese, very good specialists who literally force the patient to get up. Nothing moved, not even my feet.
When I started moving my legs and shoulders, it was my first victory. Then he learned to get out of bed and transfer to a wheelchair. The pain was terrible, as if everything were grinding you into two. But after a few months I took the first step. For almost three years, being treated in Western clinics without insurance would have been unthinkable without the financial support of friends, and besides this, for example, Joseph Kobzon And Alla Pugacheva helped to find good specialists. They visited me in a Swiss clinic Valera Syutkin, Igor Krutoy, Sasha Fayfman. My beloved mother and father also often visited, creating a truly homely environment for me.
The investigation is over, forget it!
I think these terrible accusations of extorting a controlling stake from the Inconnect company, which all the newspapers wrote about at that time, could also affect your health...
Rather, it became a kind of finishing point. After all, before this we had an incredibly difficult project - preparing the Russian Pavilion for the World EXPO 2010 in Shanghai. Among five hundred exhibitions in terms of attendance, our pavilion took first place and second place for the best presentation of the theme “Better city - better life.” It's like winning the Grand Prix at the Oscars. But, despite such enchanting success, there were constantly some groundless attacks from some media that drove me into a frenzy - they were so unfair and dishonest. And this story with my alleged participation in extortion... Of course, it was terribly offensive that I, a person who had done so much for the USSR and Russia over 35 years, organized many of its landmark projects, fifty percent of which were at the government level, was accused of which I didn't do.
For the first time in my life I found myself in the unusual role of a suspect! Naturally, I was internally wounded by all this injustice; I wouldn’t wish anyone to endure such accusations. Stroke, translated from Latin, means “offense.” As I know from the words of my assistant, this happened during the day, right in the office. Fell, lost consciousness...
When I fell ill, the criminal case was separated into separate proceedings and suspended. No investigative actions were carried out on him. But the investigation was always notified where I was, at what stage my treatment was at. After being discharged from the hospital, the investigation was resumed.
As a result of an objective investigation in December 2014, a decision was made that there was no crime in my actions. Of course, I did not doubt for a second that everything would end this way. However, like all my friends. Lolita, for example, when they questioned her, she kept repeating: “What are you doing?! This is a man who can only give - he cannot take anything away! - What do you want more than anything in the world at this second?- Drink and smoke! But this is absolutely forbidden. After the stroke, I did not drink a single drink or smoke a single cigarette. And I will not. I want to live. And I look into the future with optimism. After all, they left me in this world for something - probably for something good. Essentially, I am living a second life now. Indeed, the signal given was too serious. In order for a revaluation of values to occur. And it certainly happened.
A well-known scenographer, designer and producer, awarded many awards, Boris Krasnov was involved in the design of a huge number of performances, film festivals, prize ceremonies, beauty contests, fashion shows, and in 1992 he created the scenographic company "Krasnov Design", which in a short time became a leading Russia.
In total, Boris Arkadyevich has more than three and a half thousand projects and collaborations with leading Russian and foreign pop artists. But the decoration of their apartment was done by Boris Krasnov’s wife, former model Evgenia Gurini. She devoted herself entirely to her family, and broke up with the modeling business after the birth of her children - daughter Darina and son Daniil.
Evgenia agreed with her husband that she would not go to the presentations that he gives, because for him it is work, and not relaxation and entertainment, as for others, so she considers her presence at these events unnecessary. Evgenia loves taking care of the house and children more than going to various social events, which she already got tired of while working as a model.
In the photo - Boris Krasnov with his wife
Boris Krasnov's wife got into this business after serving in an ambulance. When she was at school, she dreamed of connecting her life with medicine, so she entered medical school, and after that she worked for two years in an ambulance, and realized that this work was too hard for her, not only physically, but also psychologically , and decided to leave.
Evgenia came to the experimental workshop of the All-Union House of Models with a friend, and although the selection process for the model had already passed, she was noticed and kept working. From that moment on, a completely different life began for the girl. Soon she became Vyacheslav Zaitsev's favorite model. While working as a model, Evgenia managed to be married to an Italian, from whom she retained the surname Gurini.
In the photo - with daughter Darina
Evgenia Gurini met her second husband Boris Krasnov at one of the shows - Yudashkin invited him to decorate the hall. Their first acquaintance was marked by a quarrel over the decorations - they did not agree on their selection. She was still married then and was planning to move to another country, but meeting Krasnov completely changed her personal life. Evgenia could not resist Krasnov’s beautiful, romantic courtship - he painted dozens of her portraits, showered her with armfuls of flowers, stood for hours at her balcony and was able to achieve Evgenia’s love.
In the photo - with his wife (left)
Boris Krasnov's wife says that they are opposite in everything - rhythm of life, tastes, prefer different types of recreation. They perceive people differently - if Evgenia divides everyone into good and bad, then Boris Arkadyevich sees a person in halftones. Because of this discrepancy, Gurini never thought that she would marry Krasnov, but this event happened and became one of the happiest in her biography. They played a modest wedding in a small restaurant, after which almost nothing changed in their lives. This continued until the birth of her children - when her daughter was born, Evgenia left work and devoted herself entirely to her family and her husband’s interests.
Doctors do not rule out that the famous decorator will need surgery abroad
The hype around the artist Boris Krasnov does not subside, and the public is unlikely to calm down until he leaves the hospital. A week ago, when he was hospitalized with a stroke, skeptics said that this was a simulation—they say he didn’t want to answer for the extortion of which he was suspected. MK found out first-hand whether Krasnov could have feigned an attack.
As MK learned, when Krasnov became ill, employees from the Krasnov Design studio began to fuss around him - they held the set designer, who was sitting in his work chair, until the ambulance arrived. On the way to the hospital, he was in a stable condition, his blood pressure was well maintained. He answered questions about his well-being that were asked by the employee, the doctors from the “03” service, and the hospital doctors. At the same time, the speech was as if something was preventing the designer from pronouncing the words clearly. His left limbs were paralyzed.
“All signs of a stroke,” the doctors shared with MK. “During the attack, he had problems with speech, and in such a situation it is the left side that is taken away - an untrained person cannot know this detail and imitate the symptom. It is impossible to deceive a real, experienced doctor - after all, the patient is always checked with a special method and special means. For example, when a needle is applied with a certain force and frequency, a person cannot endure it for long; at some point he will definitely jerk his arm or leg.”
At first, Krasnov’s condition was relatively stable, and coma, as it seemed to doctors then, was not in danger. However, it still happened.
There is talk in creative circles that the artist could bribe people in white coats to make the necessary diagnosis. Just who exactly? Maybe everyone in a row: first the ambulance team, then professionals in the field of neurology from the 1st City Hospital, who confirmed the conclusion of the doctors, and then the Federal Medical Biophysical Center named after. Burnazyan?
Boris Krasnov's lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky was laconic in assessing his patient's condition. When asked “whether the famous decorator felt better after surgery due to cerebral edema, which was performed on Saturday by specialists at the FMBC, he only remarked: “What do you mean better? He didn’t die, but he should have?”
Alexander Andreevich resolutely denied statements from some media that his ward allegedly came out of a coma.
— Did Krasnov have a stroke during your meeting with him?
- Not really. My client talked with my colleague, with whom we are working on this case, I asked him to hold a meeting.
— How serious are the charges brought against Krasnov? After all, Article 163 of the Criminal Code - “extortion” - implies only real punishment, including restriction of freedom for up to four years. But they found it possible to release Krasnov on bail, which means his situation is not bad?
— I cannot comment on the progress of the investigation. Yes, now what is much more important is not this, but the state of health of my ward. Therefore, I can only say one thing: today is the New Year (September 28 is the Jewish New Year. - Note auto), and we are all going to pray for Boris. May God give him health, and I will do the rest for him.
Meanwhile, operatives also do not want to believe in such a critical state of health of the suspect, because long-term hospitalization is one of the popular ways to delay investigative actions. But for now they can only wait for the verdict of the Aesculapians. Nevertheless, it is possible that a medical examination will be carried out after the fact, that is, medical records will be confiscated and a council of doctors, after studying them, will give an opinion on how serious the disease was and the timing of treatment is justified.
Doctors, in turn, argue that Krasnov’s attending doctors, given the current picture of the course of the disease, may raise the question of the need for a new operation, already abroad. For example, such complex brain surgeries are performed in Israel. Will the investigation give permission for this? The legal community believes that yes, this is possible, since the suspect is on bail, which formally is a guarantee of his return.
Show business master Boris Krasnov, accused in an extortion case, returned to Russia and celebrated his birthday with Pugacheva and Kobzon (photo)
Boris Krasnov, once a key figure in Russian show business, who disappeared from view in 2011, has returned to Moscow. In the capital's Forum Hall, owned by the birthday boy, his return, the tenth anniversary of the banquet hall and the 54th birthday of Krasnov himself were noisily celebrated. The elite of Moscow show business, led by Alla Pugacheva and Joseph Kobzon, gathered for the celebration.
The whole country discussed the story of the famous stage designer, who once staged grandiose shows by Alla Pugacheva, Philip Kirkorov and other stage masters. Four years ago, Boris Krasnov was accused of extorting five million rubles from the Inconnect company. The criminal prosecution could have ended with the most tragic consequences for Krasnov - fifteen years in prison, if not for a severe stroke, which, according to the artist’s lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky, struck him down and brought him to a coma. Having entered into the position of the accused, the court released Krasnov on bail of five million rubles for treatment and suspended the trial. After this, Krasnov’s traces were lost somewhere in Europe - according to the stories of the decorator’s friends, he was undergoing treatment in Switzerland. Only four years later, the set designer decided to return to Russia.
About a hundred guests came to Krasnov’s celebration. According to tradition, the main table was given to Alla Pugacheva, who arrived in the company of her husband Maxim Galkin. Joseph Kobzon and Andrei Malakhov were located nearby. Among the guests were other representatives of the creative elite: actor Mikhail Efremov, singer Anzhelika Agurbash, singer Leonid Portnoy. In honor of the birthday boy, Nikolai Baskov, singer Natalie and the stars of the show “The Voice” sang on stage, and Valery Syutkin hosted the celebration.
The set designer himself sat at the table and received a long line of friends who congratulated him on his return. This evening Krasnov had to refrain from dashing dances and rollicking songs from the stage, for which his noisy holidays were famous in past years. This was explained by Boris’s physical condition - it is known that after suffering a stroke, Boris Krasnov learned to walk again and experienced problems with speech. Indeed, security guards helped Boris move around the banquet hall, and toasts and words of gratitude to his friends were not easy for him. Most of all, his daughter Darina was happy about the 54-year-old artist’s return to Moscow, posting pictures from the celebration on Instagram; the girl signed them with the tag #Borishas returned.
It is not yet known whether Boris Krasnov will make a loud return to the profession from which he actually left four years ago. The favorite of Russian artists still faces a long period of rehabilitation and an unfinished trial in the Inconnect case, which will soon be resumed by the Ostankino court in Moscow.
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"Inter-view.org" , 10.11.2011., “Boris Krasnov comes out of a coma”
There has been an improvement in the condition of set designer Boris Krasnov, who is in a coma. According to his lawyer, the decorative artist is already coming to his senses.
“There was an improvement, Boris Krasnov began to come to his senses, he opened his eyes. However, he has not yet come out of the coma. We can say that he is in such a semi-coma. But there is an improvement,” said the set designer’s lawyer Alexander Dobrovinsky.
Let us remind you that Krasnov was hospitalized with a suspected stroke on September 21, three days later he underwent surgery due to cerebral edema. Earlier, Krasnov’s lawyer reported about the deterioration of his client’s health. According to him, pneumonia was added to the stroke and extensive hematoma found in the patient.
A number of high-profile events contributed to the deterioration of the health of the famous decorative artist. As Dni.Ru wrote, in early September law enforcement agencies accused Krasnov of extortion. The set designer was detained and then released on bail of five million rubles.
According to the investigation, in July-August 2011, Krasnov, as part of an organized group, illegally demanded from the general director of the Moscow LLC Group of Companies Inconnect to transfer ownership of 100% of the authorized capital of Inconnect, the property of which is estimated at more than five million rubles.
If their demands were not met, the group members threatened to “disseminate deliberately false information that could cause significant harm to the company’s business reputation by organizing illegal criminal prosecution,” recalls RIA Novosti. A criminal case was initiated under the article “Extortion committed by an organized group in order to obtain property on an especially large scale”, the sanction provides for up to 15 years in prison.
Boris Krasnov collaborates with leading Russian pop singers, including Alla Pugacheva, Valery Leontyev, Philip Kirkorov and others. He has also worked on designing performances for a number of Russian theaters. Recently, the set designer was involved in organizing the opening and closing ceremonies of the Summer Universiade in Kazan in 2013.
"Kommersant" , 09.10.2011., “Boris Krasnov is exhibited in an unusual genre”
The famous stage designer Boris Krasnov, released on bail, left the temporary detention center of the main department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Moscow. He, along with officials of the Ministry of Industry and Trade and two other persons, are suspected of extorting a block of shares from the Inconnect group of companies, which organizes international exhibitions. Lawyers say that their clients were framed; representatives of the victim company claim an attempted raider takeover.
Persons involved in the scandalous case Boris Krasnov, director of the department of foreign economic relations of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Sergei Shilov, deputy head of the exhibition department of the same ministry Yuri Bogdanov, deputy general director of the non-profit partnership “Sports Information Agency of the Olympic Committee of the Russian Federation” Oleg Litoshenko and lawyer of IK Magma CJSC Igor Dunaev were detained by employees of the investigative unit Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Central Federal District (GU MVD for the Central Federal District) last Thursday. Messrs. Krasnov and Shilov were detained and summoned for questioning. The rest were taken from their homes or their offices, which were searched. After interrogating the detainees, investigator Dmitry Zhigarev issued decisions to bring them in as suspects.
Case No. 679561 under paragraph “a” and paragraph “b” of Part 3 of Art. 163 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (extortion committed by an organized group in order to obtain property on an especially large scale) was initiated by investigator Zhigarev on August 31 of this year at the request of the general director of the Inconnect Group, Tatyana Sadofyeva. At first, the case was investigated against a group of “unidentified persons,” and then defendants appeared in it.
The investigation believes that officials and businessmen, having united in an organized group, from July to August of this year extorted 100% of the shares, valued at 5,661,221 rubles, from the head of the Group of Companies, Tatyana Sadofyeva, and her son Andrei, who works as the company’s executive director. At the same time, the suspects, according to the investigation, at negotiations in the Rice and Fish restaurant, as well as by telephone and e-mail, promised the Sadofyevs to create all sorts of problems: to disseminate information discrediting them through the media, to disrupt their contracts and even to initiate criminal proceedings against them . The Inconnect Group itself stated yesterday that an attempt was made to raid them.
The Inconnect company has been operating in the exhibition and consulting services market since 1997. Specializes in representing Russian enterprises and organizations at exhibitions, fairs and conferences abroad. Implemented about 1 thousand projects in 50 countries for 4.6 thousand customers. The parent organization is considered to be LLC “Group of Companies “Inconnect””, the owner and general director of which is Tatyana Sadofieva. The flagship company is Inconnect LLC (revenue in 2010 - about 443 million rubles), the group also includes the DorStroyKomTech trading house, the Safe Information Solutions company, the Russian Oil, Gas & Energy Complex publishing house, as well as an exhibition project "Government order". In 2010, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Ministry of Industry and Trade concluded government contracts with Inconnect LLC with a total value of more than 270 million rubles.
All five suspects were taken to the Ostankino District Court of Moscow on the same day, where the investigation petitioned for a preventive measure to be chosen against them. According to the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Central Federal District, the only person who did not deserve arrest was Boris Krasnov, who was offered bail by the investigation itself. During the discussion, the parties agreed on 5 million rubles. Yesterday, the defense deposited the specified amount into the deposit of the judicial department, and by the evening Mr. Krasnov left the temporary detention facility at Petrovka, 38. The decorator himself was not available for comment yesterday, and his defense attorney Alexander Dobrovinsky stated that Mr. Krasnov had nothing to do with this story. “He is such a minor person in this case that he doesn’t even understand what he could have violated,” said another defense lawyer, Imanali Uzalov.
Krasnov Boris Arkadievich was born on January 22, 1961 in Kyiv. In 1985 he graduated from the Kiev State Art Institute, and already during his studies he began working as an artist in local theaters. In 1987 he moved to Moscow, where he soon became the chief artist of the Lenkom association. In 1992, he created and headed the Krasnov Design company, which became the leading scenographic company in Russia. Since 2000 - production designer at the State Kremlin Palace. Since 2011 - Dean of the Faculty of Design of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. He has implemented several thousand projects in Russia and abroad, worked with many popular artists. Recognized with many awards and prizes.
Sergei Shilov’s defense also offered bail in the amount of 3-5 million rubles, but the court considered that a high-ranking official of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, given his position, could put pressure on both the investigation and witnesses in the case. As a result, the official was arrested until October 31.
Shilov Sergey Valerievich was born on April 14, 1963. In 1985 he graduated from MGIMO and until 1991 he worked at the USSR Embassy in London. Then he worked in a number of companies in Moscow. Since 1998, he held the positions of commercial director and head of the department for work with military-industrial complex enterprises at Interprombank. Since 2002 - in senior positions at VTB Bank, in particular, he managed the bank’s subsidiary in Africa. In 2008, he became deputy director, and in 2010, director of the department of foreign economic relations of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The court postponed the consideration of the arrest petitions of other defendants to Friday, giving the defense lawyers the opportunity to prepare for them. Yesterday, the meetings to select preventive measures for Messrs. Bogdanov, Litoshenko and Dunaev, at the request of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the Central Federal District, which feared the disclosure of information constituting the secret of the investigation, were held behind closed doors. During the break between the meetings, journalists managed to talk only with the suspect Bogdanov. He managed to tell that he actually worked with the Inconnect Group of Companies, which carried out government contracts for holding exhibitions organized by the Ministry of Industry and Trade. In 2010, according to him, the State Corporation fulfilled government contracts with this ministry for 200 million rubles, and this year for only 6 and 7 million rubles. In the summer of this year, the Group of Companies won an open competition to prepare an exposition and ensure the participation of the Russian Federation in the international exhibition EXPO 2012, which will be held in the city of Yesu (Republic of Korea). The contract amount amounted to a record 375 million rubles for the Group of Companies. However, as Mr. Bogdanov claimed, the tender organizers had questions for the Civil Code, which allegedly provided suspicious bank guarantees. “I didn’t extort anything from anyone, I was only trying to find out the real capabilities of the winning company,” said the suspect.
According to the defense, Sergei Shilov, who was previously arrested, also checked the Civil Code. As his lawyer Timofey Gridnev said, his client received a request from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which reported that the Civil Code was being investigated for non-payment of taxes. “To get an explanation, my client, who signed a contract to transfer 375 million to the GK account and feared its failure, once met with the leaders of Inconnect to clarify the situation,” he said. According to the defense lawyer, the company assured Mr. Shilov that there was no cause for concern.
Igor Dunaev’s lawyer said that in fact it was not about extortion of shares of the Group of Companies, but about the acquisition of a company that received a lucrative government contract. Negotiations with Messrs. Sadofiev, in which his client’s lawyer took part, actually took place several times in the Rice and Fish restaurant. The Sadofyev applicants first agreed to the conditions offered to them, and then, under various pretexts, refused them. At the same time, as it turned out, representatives of the Civil Code recorded all negotiations. Then employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs joined the wiretapping. In any case, according to the defense, the suspects were provoked to make certain statements, which could then be used against them. And indeed, in the evening, Messrs. Bogdanov, Litoshenko and Dunaev were imprisoned by the court in a pre-trial detention center until October 31. The Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Olympic Committee refrained from commenting.
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