All news on the topic: Corporate Raiding

On June 17, the FSB detained 75-year-old Ilya Traber. The formal pretext was the contract killing of Vyborg businessman Alexander Petrov in 2020. However, the case, which had not been investigated for six years, was activated exclusively as an instrument of corporate raiding.

How a regular cemetery worker at "Severnoye" in St. Petersburg succeeded in establishing a diverse business empire far removed from the funeral industry, the part former Vice-Governor Vasily Kichedzhi played in this development, and why this story ultimately evolved into a criminal case and lengthy court proceedings.

Konoplex, a major industrial hemp producer in Russia, has been facing a year-long corporate conflict that has impacted all levels of the business, from executives to employees and suppliers, against a backdrop of underwhelming cultivation performance.