Chief editor of radio station “Echo of Moscow” Alexei Venediktov in his program told how Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov could get a Bombardier Global Express with a cost of $ 50 million. This aircraft previously wrote the head of the Fund of struggle against corruption (FBK) Alexei Navalny, accusing Shuvalov that the Deputy Prime Minister did not declare the plane.
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Venediktov, based on the publication in the newspaper “Vedomosti” on 14 may 2012, said that the plane Vice-Premier was bought in 2009. According to the newspaper, with a complex scheme for the issuance and repayment of the loan through the offshore account of the company of the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Olga Shuvalova returned $ 20 million that was previously invested in the securities of “Gazprom” businessman Suleiman Kerimov. Shares of “Gazprom” after some time has risen seven times, and on account of the company Olga Shuvalov came from 80-100 million dollars.
The source of “Vedomosti” familiar with Shuvalov, said that a third of the money the family of Deputy Prime Minister spent on the purchase of the aircraft, which was recorded on the offshore company of Olga and Igor Shuvalov.
In 2013, according to Venediktova, the Shuvalov family transferred all foreign assets in Russia after a new law prohibiting officials to have property abroad. However, due to ban foreign law in translation the individual companies in Russia, Shuvalov family decided to give the company Altitude, which owned the plane, his adult son Eugene. Venediktov said that he had seen documents about this deal.
Thus, concludes the chief editor of “Echo”, Olga and Igor Shuvalov were not supposed to declare the plane as it belongs to the company of their adult son.
Venediktov added that he also saw documents on the basis of which the Deputy Prime Minister used this aircraft. According to the editor of “Echo”, Shuvalov and his wife rented the plane from his son. The money from the flight Altitude are the company and the company Global Jet, which serves private planes around the world.
Previously, the FCO published an investigation stating that Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov carries out work and private flights on the Bombardier Global Express valued at $ 50 million.
According to the Fund, for the year 2016 Shuvalov made 13 working flights on this plane and 18 private flights to Salzburg. The cost of private flights FCO estimated nearly 100 million rubles.
The Foundation also found that the aircraft uses the wife of Deputy Prime Minister Olga Shuvalova for dogs Corgi for the international exhibition. FBC was able to find confirmation of eight such transportation, which cost Shuvalov 40 million rubles.
