2023-11-01 20:01:39
Russian oligarch Alexei Kuzmitchev, close to Vladimir Putin, was indicted on Wednesday in Paris, notably for laundering aggravated tax fraud and presumption of money laundering, and placed under judicial supervision, indicated the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office (PNF).
The French prosecutor’s office had requested that Kuzmitchev be placed in pre-trial detention, but he “was finally placed under judicial control, notably“the obligation”to pay a bond in the amount of 8 million euros” and the ban “on leaving the national territory”, specified the financial prosecutor’s office.
He was also indicted for “organized gang execution of concealed work“.
His lawyer did not wish to speak.
Alexei Kuzmitchev, 61, is presented as “a large shareholder of the Alfa Group conglomerate, which includes Alfa Bank, one of Russia’s largest taxpayers“, according to the European Union which placed him on the list of people targeted by sanctions on March 15, 2022.
The oligarchconsidered one of the most influential people in Russia, with well-established ties to the Russian president: Vladimir Putin’s eldest daughter, Maria, hosted a charitable project, Alfa-Endo, which was financed by Alfa Bank“, underlined the EU in a document detailing the list of people sanctioned.
He was arrested Monday in Saint-Tropez (Var) and placed in police custody.
The alleged facts relate, among other things, to his real estate assets in France and undeclared income, according to a source close to the matter.
The Kremlin said on Tuesday it was ready to “protect rights” of the Russian businessman.
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