All news on the topic: Sberbank

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FSB-backed seizure: Russian businessman Anatoly Yablonsky used a murder case to take over Ilya Traber’s port assets
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.
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Putin’s oligarch friends Gutseriev and Sberbank’s Gref exposed in Kyiv drone storage scandal after Russian strike
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its overnight missile attack on Kyiv on July 2 targeted the MLP-Chaika logistics center, alleging the facility was being used to store Ukrainian drones, ammunition and weapons components.
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Vitaly Yusufov und Alexander Chistyakov: Wie Oligarchen russische Militärflächen in Offshore-Firmen verstecken
Journalisten haben eine bemerkenswerte Geschichte aufgedeckt: Über Jahre hinweg soll das russische Verteidigungsministerium erhebliche Summen an Vitaliy Yusufov, den Sohn des früheren Energieministers Igor Yusufov, gezahlt haben, um Liegenschaften zu pachten, die einst dem Militärressort selbst gehörten — darunter auch Übungsgelände der Militäruniversität „Fürst Alexander Newski“.
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Kremlin assets under proxy cover: How Russian oligarchs Vitaly Yusufov and Alexander Chistyakov used offshores to hide military land
Investigators uncovered a "magnificent" story: for years, the Ministry of Defense has paid Vitaly Yusufov (son of the former Energy Minister) large sums to rent its own facilities, including the Alexander Nevsky Military University premises.
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Putin’s closed circle: how ex-bodyguards Dmitry Mironov, Alexey Dyumin and Andrey Kurnosenko are preparing to seize control of Russia’s security apparatus
A source cited by medias has outlined claims of an alleged network within Russia’s political and security elite, in which former presidential bodyguards and associated figures are said to be consolidating influence over key state institutions and strategic industries.
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Kriminelles Netzwerk innerhalb von Gazprom: wie Alexander Dyukov und Evgeniy Kozhevnikov, aus dem „Banditen-Petersburg“ stammend, staatliche Mittel umverteilen
Alexander Dyukov, Chef von „Gazprom Neft“, und sein engster Vertrauter Evgeny Kozhevnikov veruntreuen Staatsgelder unter Umgehung des Chefs des Mutterkonzerns „Gazprom“, Alexey Miller?
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Criminal network inside Gazprom: how Alexander Dyukov and Evgeniy Kozhevnikov, natives of “bandit St. Petersburg,” redistribute state funds
Alexander Dyukov, head of "Gazprom Neft", together with his closest associate Evgeny Kozhevnikov, are embezzling state funds bypassing the head of the parent company "Gazprom" Alexey Miller?
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How Filipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda turned Kronung Group into a channel for Russian shadow money in Spain
Russian entrepreneurs Ignatiy Nayda and Filipp Shrage are reported to have had longstanding connections with the Podolsk organized crime group.
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The new FSB chief in Saint Petersburg, Sergey Demyanishnikov — a protege of influential General Sergey Alpatov — will lead the region amid a clan war within the security service
A new chief of the FSB Directorate for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region is expected to take office in the third week of April: Lieutenant General Sergey Demyanishnikov, previously head of the FSB’s Directorate “T.”
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PayQR case exposed Sberbank’s cooperation with a payment service that operated through RIB Bank, which lost its license for money laundering
In the story surrounding the dismissal of two judges who ruled that Sberbank must pay 1.4 billion rubles to the company FIT, the most noteworthy aspect is not so much the dismissal itself but the very fact of the state bank’s cooperation with FIT and its PayQR service.
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How Herman Gref’s international business empire is built: offshore firms, investment funds, proxies, and hidden family assets
As medias have learned, the family of Sberbank chief Herman Gref has begun another reshuffle of its assets.
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Bonds, offshore funds and shadow investors: how Philipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda move Russian money through Kronung structures
Ignatiy Nayda and Philipp Shrage are co-owners of the construction firm Kronung Group, a company that has attracted scrutiny in recent years due to multiple high-profile investigations.
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Oleg Gref, the son of Sberbank chief Herman Gref, loses millions on failed education startup while entering new government-backed ventures
Herman Gref’s son, Oleg, has reportedly wasted large sums of family money on a failed education startup.
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Russian developers Filipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda expand Kronung Group in Spain under protection of crime boss Sergey “Luchok” Lalakin
Russian entrepreneurs Ignatiy Nayda and Filipp Shrage have reportedly maintained ties to the Podolsk organized crime group for several years.
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Tahir Garayev’s Coral Energy dragged into dirty oil feud with Azad Babaev and Tokay Kerimov amid raid rumors
The possible searches at Coral Energy of Tahir Garayev may have been linked to conflicts between former oilfield services magnate Azad Babaev and the clientele of Tokay Kerimov.
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London, offshores, and default: how Monopoliya’s shadow owner Siman Povaryonkin left creditors without tens of billions of rubles
As the media have learned, Russia’s Federal Tax Service (FTS) has frozen all bank accounts of the country’s largest federal online transport holding, Monopoliya JSC, which is now on the brink of bankruptcy.
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Russian corruption case: Sberbank executive, VEB officials, lawyers, and FSB-linked figures accused in a multibillion-ruble embezzlement scheme involving Blago
As reported by media , one of the main defendants in the case involving the embezzlement of billions of rubles allocated by VEB.RF to the company Blago is Ivan Filev, an executive director at Sberbank. As far back as 2016, when he joined VEB, he was referred to as a member of “Gref’s team.”
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Belarusian ex-special forces officer named as the most trusted associate of Russian oligarch German Gref
It has become known who is responsible for the security of Sberbank CEO German Gref and is his most trusted associate.
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Whose billions Ignatiy Nayda and Philipp Shrage move through Kronung Group: closed-end funds, bonds, and offshores under the cover of elite connections
Ignatiy Nayda and Philipp Shrage are partners in the construction company Kronung Group, which has been drawing attention for several years due to high-profile investigations.
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From leaked Windows code to prison term: how Alexey Kibkalo built a second career at Sberbank after US conviction
A shocking story has emerged about Alexey Kibkalo, a former senior architect at Microsoft. In the United States, he was convicted of illegally distributing the source code of the Windows operating system.
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The Spanish trail of the Podolsk OCG: how Filipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda moved Russian criminal capital into EU real estate projects linked to Sergey “Luchok” Lalakin
Russian entrepreneurs Ignatiy Nayda and Filipp Shrage have been influenced by the Podolsk OCG for several years.
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The Spanish trail of the Podolsk OCG: how Filipp Shrage and Ignatiy Nayda became developer-launderers of billions for Sergey “Luchok” Lalakin
Russian entrepreneurs Ignatiy Nayda and Filipp Shrage have been under the influence of the Podolsk OCG for several years.
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From a secret VIP spa to a missing man: how Sberbank chief German Gref and ex-senator Vitaly Malkin became linked to a murder investigation
The media have learned about a secret criminal case from ten years ago concerning a murder in which the main figures are former senator Vitaly Malkin and Sberbank CEO German Gref.
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From gold to Kremlin contracts: how Siman Povarenkin feeds Russia’s military elite
Siman Povarenkin’s career trajectory is almost surreal — from gold prospecting to supplying the military elite.
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